March Edublog – Wren Songs

Wren Songs — Maggie Smith The Summer Day — Mary Oliver  One poem I found that was reminiscent of the style of Maggie Smith...

“Woman Work” by Maya Angelou and “Wild Embers” by Nikita Gill

“Wild Embers” by Nikita Gill p.2017 She is water.Powerful enough to drown you.Soft enough to cleanse you.Deep enough to save you. She is fire.Gentle...

“Home” by Warsan Shire & “I dwell in Possibility” by Emily Dickinson

Poetry is a timeless medium that connects the voices of poets across generations. Despite the differences in era and experience, the themes explored in...

“Duplex” – Jericho Brown & “Harlem” – Langston Hughes

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152729/duplex https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46548/harlem For my final poetry blog that studies Jericho Brown, I decided to talk about his poem “duplex”. I found that this poem,...

Edgar Allan Poe and Joy Harjo Poem Comparison

Joy Harjo’s poem “Suicide Watch” has been out since at least August 21, 2022. I believe the poem “Suicide watch” is very introspective and...

Non-Living Poet Connection by Claire Diem

My Son the Man – Sharon Olds Suddenly his shoulders get a lot wider, the way Houdini would expand his body while people were...

Clara Bachrach March Poetry Blog

Working on “Eric Hanson” and deeply analyzing her poetry has been thrilling. She writes modern poetry about the truth of society, friendship, and love....

“The Landscape” by Robert Desnos (1944) and “The Carousel” by Zachary Schomburg (2016)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=48297 https://poets.org/poem/carousel The final lines of Robert Desnos’ “The Landscape” offer an unusual moment of clarity and finality for a surrealist poet.The poem previously...

Connection Between “Memory Sack” and “Remember”

By: Halle Marchisen Joy Harjo is a very well-recognized poet and was also the poet Laurette of the United States. She writes most of...

“What the Angels Eat” – Tyree Daye (2021)  &  “The Cry of the Cicada” – Matsuo Basho (1690)

Connecting the living to the dead is such an interesting task as one is able to recognize the relations all poems, novels, paintings, and...