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Infant Longing
Because to God must be given the things that belong to God, and to the world must be given the things that belong to the world, I kiss you with both lips, upper and lower. Because the world keeps ...
The New York Times1mon
Modern American Poetry: A Starter Pack
Our poetry editor recommends collections that revel in nature, family life, hard work and language. By Gregory Cowles If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry ...
The Irish Times1mon
Listowel literary festival’s fresh start
Reviews are Diarmaid Ferriter on Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane; Tony Clayton-Lea on the best new music books; Vona Groarke on the finest new poetry collections; Neil Hegarty on Is a River Alive?
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Day 4: This poem is about staying up all night. Use it to greet the day.
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...
The New York Times1mon
Day 3: This is a New York poem. Once you learn it, you can take it anywhere.
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...
The New York Times1mon
Day 2: How rhythm and rhyme make a poem memorable.
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...
The New York Times1mon
Day 1: Learn a poem with us this week. Keep it for a lifetime.
A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...
Slate1mon
A.O. Scott’s Poetry Lessons
For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ interactive technology to analyze a single poem at a time.
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How Poetry Changes You and Your Brain
It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...
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Johnny Tillotson, ‘Poetry in Motion’ Singer, Dies at 86
By McKinley Franklin Johnny Tillotson, the 1960s chart-topping and Grammy-nominated singer of “Poetry in Motion,” died Tuesday. He was 86. “It is with a broken heart that I write to let you ...
Rolling Stone2mon
Johnny Tillotson, ‘Poetry in Motion’ Singer, Dead at 86
Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...
The Atlantic2mon
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely ...