“Antidotes to Fear of Death” is a poem by Rebecca Elson (born 2 January 1960 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada – died 19 May 1999 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

Just shared an already shared poem. The heatwave must be taking its toll on my enfeebled brain. Have a good week everyone.

“Carry Me Away” is a poem by Henri Michaux (born 24 May 1899 in Namur, Belgium – died 19 October 1984 in Paris, France)

“Feeling Fucked Up” is a poem by Etheridge Knight (born 19 April 1931 in Corinth, Mississippi, USA – died 10 March 1991 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)

“Carry Me Away” is a poem by Henri Michaux (born 24 May 1899 in Namur, Belgium – died 19 October 1984 in Paris, France)

“Thomas Thistlewood and Tom” is a poem by Pamela Claire Mordecai (born 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica, and living in Canada)

“The Sisters Of Sexual Treasure” is a poem by Sharon Olds (born 19 Nov 1942 in San Francisco, California, USA)

“Words, Wide Night” is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland)

“The Truly Great” is a poem by Stephen Spender (born 28 Feb 1909 in London, England – died 16 Jul 1995 in London, England. I was fortunate enough to meet him in the early 90s)

“So Now What?” is a poem by Abigail George (born 1979 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

“Two Evening Moons” is a poem by Federico García Lorca (born 5 June 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, Spain – died 19 August 1936 in Granada, Spain)

“Affirmation” is a poem by Donald Hall (born 20 Sept 1928 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA – died 23 June 2018 in Wilmot, New Hampshire, USA)

“Sonnet” is a poem by Alice Dunbar Nelson (born 19 July 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – died 18 Sept 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

“A Crazed Girl” is a poem by W. B. Yeats (born 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland – died 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

“The Forgotten Dialect Of The Heart” is a poem by Jack Gilbert (born 18 Feb 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – died 13 Nov 2012 in Berkeley, California, USA)

“If I Must Die” is a poem by Refaat Alareer (born 23 Sept 1979 in Gaza City, Palestine – died 6 Dec 2023 in Gaza City, Palestine)

“To The One Upstairs” is a poem by Charles Simic (born 9 May 1938 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia – died 9 Jan 2023 in Dover, New Hampshire, USA)

“Frederick Douglass” is a poem by Robert Hayden (born on 4 Aug 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and died on 25 Feb 1980 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)

“Considering The Snail” is a poem by Thom Gunn (born 29 Aug 1929 in Gravesend, Kent, England – died 25 Apr 2004 in San Francisco, California, USA)

“When Death Comes” is a poem by Mary Oliver (born 10 Sept 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA – died 17 Jan 2019 in Hobe Sound, Florida, USA)