Poetry
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The Pragmatism of Myth: An Exploration of Louise Glück’s “Circe’s Power”
A Nobel Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner, Louise Gluck taught for many years at Yale University. Influenced by psychoanalysis and modernists like T.S. Eliot, her work consistently positions natural speech as a fundamental tool for exposing buried truths. Continue reading
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Frantically Fast
The opening lines of Jorie Graham’s “Fast” set a pace that I find genuinely overwhelming. The title acts almost like a stage direction for the poem’s movement. Continue reading
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The Exigencies of Consciousness: An Exploration of Jorie Graham’s “I’m Reading Your Mind”
The poetry of Jorie Graham frequently necessitates an examination of the exigencies of human perception. Continue reading
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The Architecture of Susan Stewart’s “The Forest”
In Susan Stewart’s masterful poem “The Forest,” memory is not just the subject matter; it is the very engine driving the poem’s structure. Continue reading
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Welcome!
Please welcome to our website! This site was launched by George Minick and Ted Shigure to feature what we believe is some of the more interesting poetry of the last few decades. We welcome comments and suggestions for any of our posts. Continue reading
