Poem of the Day, 22 Nov 2025
Michael Blumenthal is an American poet, essayist, and novelist whose work is celebrated for its lyrical warmth, emotional honesty, and quiet insight into the human condition. A former lawyer and Harvard’s Director of Creative Writing, he brings a rare blend of intellect and tenderness to his writing. His acclaimed collection "Days We Would Rather Know" is just one example of how he captures the complexities of the human psyche with grace and clarity.
Poem of the Day, 21 Nov 2025
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) was a celebrated Polish poet, essayist, and translator. She won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature for her witty, ironic, and profoundly empathetic poems that explore history, human existence, and philosophical questions with deceptive simplicity.
Poem of the Day, 20 Nov 2025
Rethabile Masilo is a Mosotho poet whose work often reflects places, people, and experiences from his life. His books 'Qoaling' and 'Mbera' revisit memories and moments that continue to shape his writing.
Poem of the Day, 19 Nov 2025
Norman MacCaig, born in 1910, was a Scottish poet celebrated for lucid imagery, wry humour, and deep attention to nature and place, especially Assynt, shaping modern Scottish verse and beyond.
Poem of the Day, 18 Nov 2025
Jack Gilbert (1925–2012) was an American poet celebrated for his spare, intense verse on love, loss, and beauty. He shunned fame, lived abroad, and won the Yale Younger Poets Prize.
Poem of the Day, 17 Nov 2025
Linda Gregg (1942–2019) was an acclaimed American poet known for her spare, luminous verse exploring love, loss, nature, and myth. A student of Robert Bly, she published eight collections, including Too Bright to See and All of It Singing, earning the PEN/Voelcker Award.
Poem of the Day, 16 Nov 2025
Michelle McGrane is a South African poet whose collection The Suitable Girl blends sharp imagery with lyrical introspection. Her work often explores identity, memory, and desire, marked by clarity, nuance, and emotional resonance throughout her poetry.
Poem of the Day, 15 Nov 2025
Wendell Berry is an American poet, essayist, farmer, and environmental activist whose work celebrates rural life, community, ecological responsibility, and the sacred connection between people and the land, urging sustainable living and mindful stewardship.
Poem of the Day, 14 Nov 2025
Rethabile Masilo (born 1961, Lesotho) is a Mosotho poet living in Paris whose work explores exile, memory and cultural identity. His book 'Mbera,' published by Canopic Publishing in 2024, represents a significant new phase in his poetry‑career, weaving past and present through elegiac and resonant voices.
Poem of the Day, 13 Nov 2025 (bis)
“To Katharine: At Fourteen Months,” by Joelle Biele.
Poem of the Day, 13 Nov 2025
Joelle Biele is an American poet, editor, and playwright known for her precise, lyrical explorations of daily life and motherhood. She’s also edited "Elizabeth Bishop' and The New Yorker: The Complete Correspondence."
Poem of the Day, 12 Nov 2025
John Ashbery (1927–2017) was a pivotal American poet of the New York School, renowned for his surreal, fragmented style in works like Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (Pulitzer Prize, 1976). His playful, elusive verse explores consciousness, language, and everyday absurdity.
Poem of the Day, 11 Nov 2025
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne, born around 1910, was a poet with Choctaw heritage. Her work that is known was published in The American Indian, a magazine where she later helped as an editor for the poetry section. She passed away in 1980.
Poem of the Day, 10 Nov 2025
Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic. He won three Pulitzer Prizes and is best known for "All the King’s Men." A founding member of the Southern Agrarians, he explored power, morality, and human complexity in his works.
Poem of the Day, 9* Nov 2025
Erratum: Here is Mr Soyinka's poem, "Telephone Conversation", properly rendered on the page. Apologies for the previous failed attempt.
Poem of the Day, 9 Nov 2025
Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist, won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature — the first African laureate. His work fiercely challenges oppression, blending myth, satire, and political critique with profound human insight.
Poem of the Day, 8 Nov 2025
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is an acclaimed American poet and author of "The New Economy" (2025) and "Rocket Fantastic" (2018), among others. Their work explores love, loss, identity, and resilience with lyrical precision and emotional intensity.
Poem of the Day, 7 Nov 2025
Robert Hayden (1913–1980) was an American poet known for his precise language, historical awareness, and exploration of Black identity. His works, like “Those Winter Sundays,” blend personal reflection with universal human experience.
Poem of the Day, 6th Nov 2025
“A Morning,” by Mark Strand…
Poem of the Day, 6 Nov 2025
Mark Strand (1934–2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, translator, and former U.S. Poet Laureate. Known for his precise, dreamlike language, he explored themes of absence, memory, and the self in works like 'Blizzard of One.'
