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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

 

Sarah 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

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David Wroblewski

Poem:

The Way
   Things Work

 
by Jorie Graham

 

Michael Stern


Michael Stern

Poem:

Reincarnation


by Wallace McRae

 

Matt ODwyer


Matt O'Dwyer

Poem:

Down by the
   Salley Gardens


by William Butler
     Yeats 

 

Myla Goldberg


Myla Goldberg

Poem:

This is Just
   to Say


by William Carlos
     Williams

 

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

Poem:

In a Station
   of the Metro

 
by Ezra Pound

David Kirby


David Kirby

Poem:

Borges at the
   Northside
      Rotary Club

 by David Kirby

Rosemary Harris


Rosemary Harris

Poem:

Annabel Lee

 

by
Edgar Allan Poe

Nancy Pearl


Nancy Pearl

Poem:

It Was Like This:
   You Were Happy

 
by Jane Hirshfield

BilgereGeorge Bilgere

Poem:

The Doggie Dip

by George Bilgere

Dee PerryDee Perry 

Poem:

Sparkles on the Wheel

by Walt Whitman

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