Adults
Begin in delight, end in wisdom.
A poetry primer for the uninitiated.
Featured Content
The struggle for social justice remembered through poetry.
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Essay on Poetic TheoryBy Denise Levertov 1965
For me, back of the idea of organic form is the concept that there is a form in all things (and in our experience) which the poet can discover and...
Podcasts
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AudioFrom Poetry Lectures April 2012
Poets Reginald Gibbons, Rachel Jamison Webster, Christina Pugh, and Ed Roberson are accompanied on piano by Mabel Kwan and Ari Brown. Recorded in April 2011, recording courtesy of WBEZ Chicago...
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AudioFrom Essential American Poets August 2011
Recordings of former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 2007, in studio, Boston, MA.
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AudioFrom Poetry Lectures June 2012
An informal conversation between poets John Ashbery and Ron Padgett, remembering the life of Frank O’Hara. Conducted at Harvard University in April 2011, and used by permission of Ron Padgett,...
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Featured Poet: Philip Larkin
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Philip Larkin was born in Coventry, England in 1922. He earned his BA from St. John’s College, Oxford, where he befriended novelist and poet Kingsley Amis and finished with First...
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AudioFrom Poetry Off the Shelf June 2012
The Poetry Society of America celebrates the poetry of Philip Larkin.
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Poem GuideBy Joshua Weiner
A Springtime train ride with brides and grooms.
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poemBy Philip LarkinWhen I see a couple of kidsAnd guess he’s fucking her and she’sTaking pills or wearing a diaphragm,I know this is paradiseEveryone old has dreamed of all their lives—Bonds and gestures pushed to one sideLike an outdated combine harvester,And everyone...
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Poem GuideBy Jeremy Axelrod
Does a notoriously grumpy poet believe in everlasting love?
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Poets 101
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Poem SamplerBy Benjamin Voigt
Tracing the remarkable work of a feminist pioneer.
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Poem SamplerBy Benjamin Voigt
A contemporary US poet who is both singular and unpredictable.
