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Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye
by marmccabe
Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "the failure of melting": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Native tales from this First Nation poet.
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Jennifer K. Sweeney's "Slowing the River": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The string of impacts in this ecological poem.
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Basho: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
No escaping the monkey self in this poem by Basho, translated by Blyth.
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Ted Mathys's "Fluencies": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Confusions and clarifications with a poem by Ted Mathys.
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Kathleen Lynch's "Why I Love Oysters": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
An earthy appreciation of dining on this sea creature.
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Another sneak peek into Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual
Guide and companion on the lonely road: Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual.
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Carol Graser's "In Congress Park on a Lunch Break from a Job in Retail": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The calming advice of random wildflowers in this poem by Carol Graser.
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Peter Gizzi's "Inness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Beauty in the eye and a painting by George Inness in this poem by Peter Gizzi.
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Barbara Tomash's "to begin and end in the garden, slapping mosquitos, reading her book": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Glory and the mundane in this Barbara Tomash poem.
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Mark Doty's "Little George": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Vain attempts to control the uncontrollable, barking into the void with this Mark Doty poem.
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Brief excerpt from my new book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual
Questions of "I" in poetry in this brief excerpt from my book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual, wordworksbooks.org.
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Kathryn Petrucelli's "At the Grave": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Advice from the dead in this poem by Kathryn Petrucelli.
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Larry Levis's "Signs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Signs and significations in this Larry Levis poem.
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Elizabeth Zuba's "On Forces and Motion": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The physics of essential confusions in this poem by Elizabeth Zuba.
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Elizabeth Hazen's "Approximations": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Testing truths with this poem by Elizabeth Hazen.
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Bertha Rogers's "Turkey Vulture": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Life and death in this poem by Bertha Rogers.
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Gustaf Sobin's "According to Seneca": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Trying to trace meaning in this Gustaf Sobin poem.
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Allison Zhang's "Porcelain Theory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The power of breaking things in this poem by Allison Zhang.
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Migwi Mwangi's "Karatina Market": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Ghosts in Migwi Mwangi's market.
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Jay Wright's "Crispus Attucks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The first person to die in the American Revolution, or so we're told: Crispus Attucks and the tinderbox that was Boston, in this poem by Jay Wright.
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Sally Van Doren's "1 Kings": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Building the self, in this poem by Sally Van Doren.
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Oksana Maksymchuk's "The Stages of Ukrainian Futurism": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Considering the costs of war in this poem by Oksana Maksymchuk.
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Antonio Machado's "Proverbios y cantares XXIX": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Finding a way, with this poem by Machado, and several different translations.
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William Stafford's "You Reading This, Be Ready": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Taking a breath, with this poem by William Stafford.
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Richard Siken's "Devonian Forest": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Strange tales in this prose poem by Richard Siken.
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Jim Carns's "Tornado": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Questioning what we think we know in Jim Carns's poem.
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Pablo Neruda's "Keeping Quiet" (tr. A. Reid): Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
A little quiet sanity in the loud world with this Pablo Neruda poem.
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Martha Silano's "Is This My Last Ferry Trip?": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Moving toward mortality in this poem by Martha Silano.
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Anna Akhmatova's "White House": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The loss of the White House in this poem by Akhmatova.
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Emily Adams-Aucoin's "Delay": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
We're all in this together in this poem by Emily Adams-Aucoin.
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Nickole Brown's "A Prayer to Talk to Animals": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
A plea for communication in this poem by Nickole Brown.
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Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
The vast possibility of forgiveness in Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays."
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Christopher Citro's "Water Falling Down": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Memory's strange arrangements in Christopher Citro's poem "Water Falling Down."
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A Hass translation of a Sosecki poem: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
A moment's pause over a moment's hesitation in this Asian figure in translation by Robert Hass.
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Masefield's "Sea Fever": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Memory and longing in this old poem by John Masefield.
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Jeff Friedman's "Covenant": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Gentle confusions and great unknowns in this meditation and Jeff Friedman's prose poem.
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Adrienne Rich's "What Kind of Times Are These": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
What a world, what a world, Adrienne Rich muses in her poem.
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Keetje Kuipers's "Getting over the future": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Burning it all down with Keetje Kuipers in the poem "Getting over the future."
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Ada Limon's "Dead Stars": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Counting our lucky stars and throwing high some wishes with Ada Limon in this poem.
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Grace Q. Song's "Daylight Savings": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Can time save us, an hour here or there? Listen to Grace Q. Song's "Daylight Savings."
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David Graham's "This Is Called Grace": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Vivid dream of loss in this poem by David Graham.
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Victoria Chang's "Provision": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Memory and the body explored in this poem by Victoria Chang.
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Jeannine Hall Gailey's "Self-portrait as a Mythological Creature": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Sending up some myths of women in this poem by Jeannine Hall Gailey.
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Tony Hoagland's "Field Guide": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Poetry as communication in this Tony Hoadland poem.
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Matthew Lippman's "Outside World of Beers": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Friendship and memory in Matthew Lippman's poem.
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Grant Clauser's "Drift Theory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Chance, luck, and beauty in this poem by Grant Clauser.
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James Crews's "No Mud No Lotus": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
A moment of zen thanks to James Crews.
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Marilyn McCabe's poem "Hanging Out": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
My poem for a dead friend, and thinking about the nature of friendship.
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Kerry Hardie's "We Change the Map": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Sharpening the focus, holding close the attention in this poem by Kerry Hardie.
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Shara McCallum's "What the Oracle Said": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Cold comfort in this poem by Shara McCallum.
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Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.
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