A Poem A Day (Day 11): A Fragment from Sappho

To read the Mary Bernard version, click here: Mary Bernard

To read the Guy Davenport version, click here: Guy Davenport

A Poem A Day (Day 10): "The Soul's Geometry" by Frances Hatfield

To buy the book, click here: Rudiments of Flight -- Frances Hatfield

A Poem A Day (Day 9): "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats

To read the poem, click here: The Song of Wandering Aengus

To hear Donovan's musical adaptation, click here: Donovan's Aengus

To hear the musical version by The Waterboys, click here: Waterboys

A Poem A Day (Day 8): "Prefix: Finding the Measure" by Robert Kelly

To read the poem, click here: "Finding the Measure"

A Poem A Day (Day 7): "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg

To read the poem, click here: "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg

A Poem A Day (Day 6): "The God Abandons Antony" by C. P. Cavafy

To read the poem, click here: "The God Abandons Antony"

To hear Leonard Cohen's exquisite adaptation, click here: "Alexandra Leaving"

Note: a buddy of mine just criticized my pronunciation of "delectation," but I don't care what the dictionaries say. I've been pronouncing it with a short "e" for many years, and I will fight for that. For me, delectation requires that delectable short "e."

A Poem A Day (Day 5): "Failing and Flying" by Jack Gilbert

To read the poem, click here: "Failing and Flying"

A Poem A Day (Day 4): "How to Be Eaten by a Lion" by Michael Johnson

A Poem A Day (Day 3): "Rain Light" by W. S. Merwin

This isn't the greatest reading of this exquisite poem by W. S. Merwin, but Timothy made a cameo and demanded that I use this version. This is take one: spontaneity over perfection.

To read the poem (and please do read it!), click here: Rain Light

Also, to hear Merwin himself read it, click here: Merwin Reads "Rain Light"

A Poem A Day (Day 2): "Monet Refuses the Operation" by Lisel Mueller

To read the full poem, click here: Monet Refuses

A Poem A Day: "Try to Praise the Mutilated World" by Adam Zagajewski (Tr. Clare Cavanagh)

To read the poem, click here: "Try to Praise the Mutilated World"