Category: Poetry
Solace ~ Clarissa Scott Delany (1901 – 1927)
My window opens out into the trees And in that small space Of branches and of sky I see the … More
How to Read a Poem
Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude, especially when it’s free of preconceived … More
How Does Poetry Help?
The useless poem-product unmasks our dependency on commodity goods, on the commodification of our lives and ourselves, and momentarily blunts … More
The Innumerable by Fernando Pessoa (from Poetic Outlaws)
The innumerable live in us;when I think or feel, I do not knowwho it is thinks or feels.I am merely … More
The Such Thing As the Ridiculous Question – by Siaara Freeman
Where are you from??? When I say ancestors, let’s be clear:I mean slaves. I’m talkin’ Tennesseecotton & Louisiana suga. I mean … More
The Wretched of the Earth – by Writer Unknown
from Poetic Outlaws I don’t like to start my day off with the dreadful news.I feel fresh and enlivened in … More
Poem by AK Ramanujan
The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower by Dylan Thomas
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees … More
Red Sea by Aurora Levins Morales
This Passover, who reclines? Only the dead, their cupped hands filling slowly with the red wine of war. We are … More
Know Thyself 