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By Heart: ‘One Art’ by Elizabeth Bishop
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50 States of Generosity: Wyoming
May 12, 2021 By
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Children’s Book Club: nursery rhymes remix
May 5, 2021 By
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National Poetry Month’s Tour de Tania (Runyan), pt. 5
April 29, 2021 By
Tania Runyan’s book How to Write a Form Poem saves haiku till last. I suspect she does that because haiku is among the simplest and most complicated of poetic forms. She writes: “Haiku are not a mode of travel, roadside attraction, or even a … [Read more]
Reading Generously: Black stories
April 28, 2021 By
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National Poetry Month’s Tour de Tania (Runyan), pt. 4
April 22, 2021 By
In The Joy of Poetry, I write that as soon as I saw a clump of red poppies at mile 37 of 42 on the Red Poppy (bike) Ride, I knew I had to write a poem about them. But “Each attempt to write the experience failed, until I attempted to follow the … [Read more]
By Heart: ‘blessing the boats’ by Lucille Clifton
April 21, 2021 By
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National Poetry Month’s Tour de Tania (Runyan), pt. 3
April 15, 2021 By
Even poets get to have favorites. For Tania Runyan, author of How to Write a Form Poem, it’s the sestina. She writes, “I’m not even going to try to be unbiased. I adore sestinas. They’re my favorite poetic form, hands down. And they’re kinda … [Read more]
50 States of Generosity: New York
April 14, 2021 By
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