“Barnegat Light” by Ernest Hilbert
Tough-minded and precise, Ernest Hilbert’s lyrics, like his old mirror left out at the curb, turn an unflinching gaze on pieces of inner and outer landscapes we often push to the periphery.… Read More
“The White House” by Claude McKay
"He managed to use traditional poetic forms as satisfying vehicles for the expression of his impatience with racism; but at the same time, McKay refused to allow social relevance to become an… Read More
“Never More Will the Wind” by H.D.
"H.D. by the end of her career became not only the most gifted woman poet of our century, but one of the most original poets—the more I read her the more I… Read More
“Lightning Bugs” by Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin attended schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany before earning his degree in English literature from Princeton University. He has taught English in Singapore, Kitakyushu (Japan), New York City, and… Read More
New York Book Launch for Ernest Hilbert’s Caligulan and Quincy Lehr’s Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar!
Come out to help celebrate two new books of poetry from Measure Press, Ernest Hilbert's Caligulan and Quincy Lehr's Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar… Read More
Philadelphia Book Launch Party for Ernest Hilbert’s Caligulan and Quincy Lehr’s Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar
Come out to help celebrate two new books of poetry from Measure Press, Ernest Hilbert's Caligulan and Quincy Lehr's Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar!… Read More
“The Unsettled Motorcyclist’s Vision of his Death” by Thom Gunn
"What appeals to these two transatlantic groups of readers might be quite distant when seriously considered, but the quality in Gunn’s poetry that magnetized them both is an exquisite combination: English grace… Read More
“On The Beach” by Rick Mullin
Rick Mullin is the author of four volumes of poetry, including Sonnets from the Voyage of the Beagle, and Soutine, both published by Dos Madres Press, Loveland, OH. His work has appeared… Read More
“Variation on an Old Saying” by Christine Yurick
Christine Yurick’s poems have appeared in journals print and online and are forthcoming in American Arts Quarterly and 823 on High. She is the founding editor of Think Journal. She lives with… Read More
“Men Loved Wholly Beyond Wisdom” by Louise Bogan
"Beyond the Bogan poems is a woman, intense, proud, strong-willed...Her poems can be read and reread: they keep yielding new meanings, as all good poetry should." -- Theodore Roethke… Read More
“Dockery and Son” by Philip Larkin
"Larkin wrote in clipped, lucid stanzas, about the failures and remorse of age, about stunted lives and spoiled desires." -- J.D. McClatchy… Read More
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale
"Teasdale's enduring legacy will be her genius for the song, for the pure lyric in which words seem to have fallen in place without art or effort." --Louis Untermeyer… Read More
“Unidentified Flying Object” by Robert Hayden
"Hayden was a remembrancer, a poet of faith and superb execution, and one of the best teachers by example one can find in the poetry of the twentieth century, or in any… Read More
Recent Publications and Radio Appearances by Ernest Hilbert
Here's a brief post to advertise some things I've been doing lately. What better time to do a roundup than in the very doldrums of summer? Stay cool, if you can, and… Read More
“Doctor Coyote When He Had a Problem” by Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder is the author of sixteen collections of poetry and prose. Since 1970 he has lived in the watershed of the South Yuba River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.… Read More
“Pedestrian at Best” by Courtney Barnett
“I like to try to play with a lot of alliteration and see how many syllables I can squeeze into a sentence,” Barnett says. “I write and rewrite just for my own… Read More
“Casus Belli” by R.S. Gwynn
“Gwynn juxtaposes styles and subjects not customarily seen together—mythic and modish images phrased in language alternatively sublime and debased—but told with such force of imagination and assured musicality that the resulting poems… Read More
“Party-Time! Excellent!” by Quincy R. Lehr
Quincy R. Lehr's most recent books are Heimat (2014) and The Dark Lord of the Tiki Bar (2015). He lives in Brooklyn, where he is the associate editor of The Raintown… Read More
“The Last Page” by David M. Katz
David M. Katz is the author of three books of poems: Stanzas on Oz, Poems 2011-2014 (Dos Madres Press), Claims of Home, Poems 1984- 2010 (Dos Madres Press), and The Warrior in… Read More
“The Room” by Jeff Holt
Jeff Holt's first book The Harvest is available through White Violet Press. He works as a Licensed Professional Counselor, serves as the assistant editor for the Raintown Review, and lives in Plano,… Read More
“The Young Ones” by Elizabeth Jennings
"It is the business of poetry to restore thought to its dignity as a harmonious process, and so make it memorable, and that is what Elizabeth Jennings achieves."-- Peter Levi… Read More
“Fleshly Answers” by Rachel Hadas
Rachel Hadas has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, two Ingram Merrill Foundation grants, the O.B. Hardison Award from the Folger Shakespeare Library, and an Award in Literature from the… Read More
Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” Performed by Father John Misty
"Fresh from releasing his latest critically lauded album I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty (or Josh Tillman if you are feeling familiar) has decided to cover Nirvana’s classic ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ from… Read More
“Meridian” by Ernest Hilbert
"Ernest Hilbert’s poems are beautifully made in their diction. The intelligence is clear." – Donald Hall… Read More
“It’s Not the Heat So Much as the Humidity” by James Tate
"A poet of mad wit and stunning anecdote." --Julian Moynahan… Read More
“Little Naomi: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)” by Susan de Sola
Susan de Sola is an American poet living in Amsterdam. Her poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Hopkins Review, Ambit, River Styx, and many other venues. She holds a… Read More
“Human Interest” by Ernest Hilbert (with Audio)
Tough-minded and precise, Ernest Hilbert’s lyrics, like his old mirror left out at the curb, turn an unflinching gaze on pieces of inner and outer landscapes we often push to the periphery.… Read More
“Weathering” by Fleur Adcock
"Fleur Adcock (b.1934) is a New Zealander by birth but spent part of her childhood in England, returning to live in London in 1963. She worked as a librarian until 1979 before… Read More
“An Excerpt from ‘American Letter'” by Archibald MacLeish
"Americans are the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created people in the history of the world.” -- Archibald MacLeish… Read More
“The Courage of Poetry”: Alicia Stallings TED Talk
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live… Read More