Poem of the Day, 15 Feb 2026 (erratum)
“I Asked To Be Lush? To Be Green” by Jane Hirshfield was improperly titled.
Poem of the Day, 14 Feb 2026
Wilson is also a game designer with Resilient Games Studio. His work in game design includes “Once Upon a Tale,” a storytelling card game designed for Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in collaboration with the Field Museum of Chicago, and alternate reality games (ARGs) for the University of Chicago. (The Poetry Foundation)
Poem of the Day, 13 Feb 2026
Marina Tsvetaeva was one of the most significant Russian poets of the 20th century. Her life was marked by exile, political turmoil, poverty, and personal tragedy. She returned to the Soviet Union in 1939 after years abroad and died by suicide in 1941 during World War II.
Poem of the Day, 12 Feb 2026
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) was an acclaimed American poet celebrated for her evocative nature poetry, exploring life, death, and mindfulness with clarity, wonder, and spiritual insight, inspiring readers to embrace the natural world.
Poem of the Day, 11 Feb 2026
I'm going to use this space to thank you for liking poetry and for following this blog, which I intend to maintain and curate as long as I am able to. Thank you. (This poem is in response to the one of 10 Feb 2026.)
Poem of the Day, 10 Feb 2026
Dorianne Laux is an American poet known for emotionally direct lyric narratives exploring mortality, love, addiction, and working-class life. Her collection "Facts About the Moon" won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
Poem of the Day, 9 Feb 2026
Ezra Pound was an American poet and critic, a leading figure in modernist poetry known for Imagism's precision and economy of language, innovative forms, and epic scope. His monumental "The Cantos" is a landmark work; he received the Bollingen Prize for The Pisan Cantos.
Poem of the Day, 8 Feb 2026
Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020) was a Barbadian poet, historian, and cultural theorist, pioneering Caribbean literature. His work blends African heritage, rhythm, and postcolonial themes, exploring identity, history, and memory, profoundly shaping modern poetry and Caribbean literary discourse.
Poem of the Day, 7 Feb 2026
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, essayist, translator, and diplomat renowned for his moral clarity and exploration of human vulnerability amid political oppression and history. His essay collection 'The Captive Mind' critiqued totalitarianism, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
Poem of the Day, 6 Feb 2026
Finuala Dowling is a South African poet, novelist, and academic known for her sensuous, ironic lyricism and explorations of desire, domesticity, and language. Her poetry collection "I Flying" won the Ingrid Jonker Prize and the Olive Schreiner Prize.
Poem of the Day, 5 Feb 2026
Linda Pastan was an American poet renowned for her concise, 'accessible' lyrics exploring family life, marriage, aging, loss, and the hidden anxieties of the everyday. Her "PM/AM: New and Selected Poems" (1982) was a finalist for the National Book Award, and she received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2003.
Poem of the Day, 4 Feb 2026
Jenny Joseph was a British poet celebrated for her accessible, witty verse exploring aging, gender, and independence. Her collection "Selected Poems" gained wide readership, and her poem “Warning” became an iconic cultural touchstone, frequently anthologized and quoted.
Poem of the Day, 3 Feb 2026
Robert Bly was an American poet, translator, and essayist associated with deep image poetry and mythic inwardness. His influential collection "The Light Around the Body" won the National Book Award, and his work reshaped late twentieth-century American poetry.
Poem of the Day, 2 Feb 2026
Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, renowned for his jazz-inspired poetry, vivid portrayals of Black American life, and themes of racial pride, identity, and social justice. His debut collection 'The Weary Blues' launched his career, and he received the Spingarn Medal in 1960 for distinguished achievements.
Poem of the Day, 1 Feb 2026
W. S. Merwin was an American poet and translator known for his meditative, spare lyricism and ecological themes. His collection 'The Shadow of Sirius' won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and he served as U.S. Poet Laureate.
Poem of the Day, 31 Jan 2026
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African American poet and playwright associated with the Harlem Renaissance era. Her poetry blends natural imagery and emotional depth, and her play 'Rachel' was one of the first works by a Black American dramatist produced on stage.
Poem of the Day, 30 Jan 2026
I didn't write this. I grabbed it off someone else's description. It checks out. "Rethabile Masilo is a Mosotho poet renowned for his lyrical, reflective style exploring exile, family, loss, cultural roots, and personal memory. His "Waslap" earned the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry in 2016, and he has also received the Thomas Pringle Award.
Poem of the Day, 28 Jan 2026
A.R. Ammons was an American poet and Cornell professor known for meditative nature poetry and philosophical insight. His works include 'Collected Poems' and 'Garbage', both award-winning.
Poem of the Day, 27 Jan 2026 (erratum)
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Poem of the Day, 27 Jan 2026
Mary Oliver was an acclaimed American poet renowned for her accessible, luminous style celebrating nature, wonder, mortality, and the beauty of everyday life. Her collection "American Primitive" won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984, while New and Selected Poems received the National Book Award in 1992.
