Poetry

“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” Kahlil Gibran Reading poetry is a challenging enterprise. I have scoured the vast resources of the internet in search of some simple tools to make the initial encounter with poetry a little more pleasurable. Websites I found the following [...]

I recently started reading The Whaleboat House (also known as Amagansett) by Mark Mills. The book starts with a beautiful poem (“From Montauk Point”) by Walt Whitman: I stand as on some mighty eagle’s beak, Eastward the sea absorbing, viewing, (nothing but sea and sky,) The tossing waves, the foam, the ships in the distance, [...]

I have always liked the idea that there is a poet laureate. The government (or at least some part of it) believes in poetry enough to create an official post for it. This Poetry Tuesday is thus dedicated to the poets laureate of the United States of America and of Great Britain. First up, the [...]