Poem of the Month

Poem of the Month

Each month we reveal a new personality reading his/her favorite poem, new poetry suggestions, and upcoming poetry events.  In March: James Wright.

Poet: James Wright
Poem: “A Blessing” from Above the River: the Complete Poems 
Read by:  Sarah Willis    

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James Wright

• American Academy of Poets  
• Poetry Foundation  
• James Wright at your library 

Sarah Willis

• Sarah Willis at your library  
• Sarah Willis' website  
• Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature, 2000 
• Karen Sandstrom’s illustrated interview of Willis  

Favorite Poem Readings

Listen to one of our newest Community Readings where we recorded people reading their favorite poems.  Have a poem that speaks to you?  Share your favorite Mary Oliver poem with us at our next Community Reading at our Mayfield branch on Saturday, March 13th. 
 

Poem of the Month Archive

David Wroblewski Poem: The Way    Things Work   by Jorie Graham	Michael Stern Poem: Reincarnation by Wallace McRae
Matt O'Dwyer Poem: Down by the    Salley Gardens by William Butler      Yeats	Myla Goldberg Poem: This is Just    to Say by William Carlos      Williams
Colson Whitehead Poem: In a Station    of the Metro   by Ezra Pound	David Kirby Poem: Borges at the    Northside       Rotary Club  by David Kirby
Rosemary Harris Poem: Annabel Lee   by Edgar Allan Poe	Nancy Pearl Poem: It Was Like This:    You Were Happy   by Jane Hirshfield
George Bilgere Poem: The Doggie Dip by George Bilgere	Dee Perry  Poem: Sparkles on the Wheel by Walt Whitman