The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (1990) I wasn’t much into nature poems when I was a youthful hooligan, but Mary Oliver ushered me into them, and… Read more “Day 4: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver”
Tag: Poetry
Day 3: I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra by Ishmael Reed
It’s a circle, see.
Day 2: Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney
Opinion: blackberries are the most poetic fruit.
Day 1: The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
There’s really no way to start an April of poetry other than with T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land. “