Louise Gluck’s poetry tells simple stories about farm workers, shop owners, the elderly, cats let out at night, teenagers falling in love and more.
The Great Fires, Poems 1982-1992 by Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert’s poems are lyrical and clean, like clear ice.
Poem: When Morning Comes
A poem of attentiveness, Russian sage, and the empty peach.
The Poems of John Estes
Estes’ poems evoke a sense of the literary and of everyday reality. He ranges from Virgil to a one-armed, drunken grandfather, and the art of Brueghel.
Carl Sandburg – The Chicago Poems
In the Chicago Poems, Sandburg writes about the immigrants and laborers who helped turn Chicago into the economic powerhouse it became.
Poems by L.L. Barkat to be Published
On Notice of “To Be Published.” A congratulatory poem for a maker of poems.
The Walled Garden of Spices and Herbs Poems
Cinnamon, clove, chili, thyme. Exotic poems with herbs and spices.
New Orleans Poem: We Can Remember
Americana poem peeks into New Orleans, white columns, and water washed.
Love Poems at the Masquerade Ball
Love poems at the ball? With Cleopatra, Rhett, Camelot and more.
Editing a Twoem (Twitter Poem)
After cleaning the horse stables came a Twitter poem (or two). It’s true.
Poems of the Ruby Moon
Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.
A Tabloidian Twepic of Twitter Poems
An epic set of Twitter poems that treads the ground of aliens, vampires, and angels.
Poemcrazy Twitter Party, By Individual Poem Tweets
Laughing flames, a tipped candle, chattering gold. Each tweet a poem in itself.
At the Oasis, The Camel on Caravan
So the three of us tweeted away (49 tweets in all). Then I was given the privilege of crafting our separate poems into one big poem, and we decided to name it in honor of our absent friend.
Welcome to Tweetspeak Poetry
Could we write poetry together on Twitter? We asked the question long before anyone had yet answered it (in 2009). Welcome to Tweetspeak Poetry!