Category Archives: poetry

Emily Dickinson’s Summer Reveries

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

(c) Copyright 2017 Margaret Langstaff, All Rights Reserved Summer, The Dickinson Homestead, Amherst, Mass. Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most beloved and misunderstood poets was an astute observer and student of the natural world.  Nature’s changing pageantry, big bold and … Continue reading →

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“I’m Nobody/Who are You?” Emily Dickinson: Major New Book & Exhibit

Posted on April 19, 2017 by
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Is It Just Me, or that “The World Is too Much with Us?”

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

I woke up at two a.m. this morning with this well-known masterpiece by the incomparable English bard Wordsworth coiling through my mind. This sonnet was penned in Britain just as the Industrial Revolution was upending the trusted old courtesies and … Continue reading →

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Baby, it’s cold inside …

Posted on January 5, 2017 by

The “Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.” Wallace Stevens was a seminal, groundbreaking American modernist poet.  A contemporary of Eliot, he flipped the archetype of the wan, pale, misunderstood verbal virtuoso.  Instead, he pursued a lucrative … Continue reading →

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The Father’s Eye. . .

Posted on December 25, 2016 by

I clipped this beautiful poem from the New York Times years ago.  It still remains one of my all-time Christmas favorites. So subtle, understated and allusive.  Thought I’d share while wishing you the joy of this miraculous season! Pardon the … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

Posted on October 13, 2016 by

Forever Young   From CNN today: Book Critic Jay Parini on “Why Bob Dylan Deserves the Nobel Prize” WORTH READING Bob Dylan Lyrical Genius Album: Blonde on Blonde [1966] All lyrics are property and copyright of their respective owners and … Continue reading →

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Ben Lerner’s ‘The Hatred of Poetry’ Revels in Paradox

Posted on June 11, 2016 by

Heads up, Poets. This review in Flavorwire (6/9/16) of Ben Lerner’s recent book-length essay on the disappointments and shortcomings of poetry is worth reading. Says reviewer Jonathan Sturgeon, “The Hatred of Poetry is an important essay because it doubles as … Continue reading →

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