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2. American Life in Poetry: Column 505
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Stuart Kestenbaum is a Maine poet with a new book, Only Now, from Deerbrook Editions. In it are a number of thoughtful poems posed as prayers, and here’s an example: Prayer for Joy What was it we wanted… Continue Reading „2. American Life in Poetry: Column 505“
113. Mark Strand (1934-2014)
Mark Strand, whose spare, deceptively simple investigations of rootlessness, alienation and the ineffable strangeness of life made him one of America’s most hauntingly meditative poets, died on Saturday at his daughter’s home in Brooklyn. He was 80. His daughter, Jessica Strand, said the cause… Continue Reading „113. Mark Strand (1934-2014)“
108. Chaises poèmes
Der Schöpfer der «Chaises poèmes», Gedicht-Stühle, der Bildhauer Michel Goulet, geboren 1944 in Quebec, lebt in Montreal. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten Bildhauer seiner Generation. Das Projekt «Chaises poèmes» ist dem Dichter Henri Michaux gewidmet. 28 dieser Stühle werden zusammen mit städtischem Mobiliar,… Continue Reading „108. Chaises poèmes“
99. American Life in Poetry: Column 504
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love poems with sudden surprises, and here’s one by Jennifer Gray, a Nebraskan. Will you ever see depressions puddled with rain without thinking of the image at her conclusion? Horses The neighbor’s horses idle under the roof… Continue Reading „99. American Life in Poetry: Column 504“
94. Not an elegy
“Not An Elegy For Mike Brown”: Two Poems For Ferguson Poet Danez Smith’s “Not An Elegy For Mike Brown” and “Alternate Names for Black Boys.” / Buzzfeed.com
54. American Life in Poetry: Column 503
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE As a writer and reader, there’s hardly anything I enjoy more than coming upon fresh new ways of describing things, and here’s a sparkling way of looking at an avalanche, by Marty Walsh, who lives in Maine. The… Continue Reading „54. American Life in Poetry: Column 503“
45. Celan als Übersetzer
In another spirit, Celan can truly reply with close and clear translation. A century after Emily Dickinson, he shared her solitary, baffled, spiritual yearning and her sense that death dwells close and poems speak truth, if anything can. Here is a lyric whose rhythm… Continue Reading „45. Celan als Übersetzer“
42. The German Plath
titelt Jeffrey Meyers im New Criterion und meint Sylvia’s German roots pervaded her life and work. Der Artikel referiert ihre deutschen und mecklenburgischen Wurzeln: Sylvia Plath was born into German culture. Her father, Otto Emil Plath, was born in Grabow, northeast Germany, soon after Otto von… Continue Reading „42. The German Plath“
35. American Life in Poetry: Column 502
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Many poets have attempted to describe the way in which flocks of birds fly, as if they were steered by a single consciousness. In the following poem, David Allan Evans gives us a new metaphor for the way… Continue Reading „35. American Life in Poetry: Column 502“
18. Poem Talk
POEMTALK is a collaboration of the Kelly Writers House, PennSound, and the Poetry Foundation. PoemTalk’s producer and host is Al Filreis, our engineers are James La Marre and Chris Martin, and our editor for every episode has been Steve McLaughlin, who is also podcasts editor… Continue Reading „18. Poem Talk“
16. Modest proposals
From: 20 modest proposals toward rethinking the act of reading a poem by Mark Yadich, The Atlantic Dispel the notion that reading poetry is going to dramatically change your life. Your life is continually changing; most of the time you’re simply too busy to… Continue Reading „16. Modest proposals“
9. American Life in Poetry: Column 501
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE I love a good ghost story, and here’s one about a ghost cat, by John Philip Johnson, who lives in Nebraska, where most ghosts live in the wind and are heard in the upper branches of cedar trees… Continue Reading „9. American Life in Poetry: Column 501“
1. American Life in Poetry: Column 500
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE This is our 500th weekly column, and we want to thank the newspapers who publish us, the poets who are so generous with their work, our sponsors The Poetry Foundation, The Library of Congress, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln… Continue Reading „1. American Life in Poetry: Column 500“
92. American Life in Poetry – 500 Gedichte in 19 Jahren
Im März 2005 berichtete die Lyrikzeitung unter #65: U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser hat auch einen Plan. Diesen Monat startet sein American Life in Poetry Project. Es bietet lokalen Zeitungen eine freie Kolumne mit einem Gedicht eines heutigen amerikanischen Dichters, eingeleitet von Ted Kooser.… Continue Reading „92. American Life in Poetry – 500 Gedichte in 19 Jahren“
91. Giftpfeil und Liebeserklärung
Das „ABC des Lesens“ ist Pfeffer in den Gebetsmühlen der Gelehrsamkeit. Es ist eine Apotheose der Sprache und eine Leseliste. Ein Buch mit Anregungen, über die man sich aufregen kann. Und ein literarischer Kanon, der Ezra Pound ganz alleine singt. Es ist ein Köcher… Continue Reading „91. Giftpfeil und Liebeserklärung“
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