Day 24 of National Poetry Month

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“Weather” by Linda Patsan, from The Last Uncle (Norton, 2002)

Day 23 of National Poetry Month

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“Lay Back the Darkness” by Edward Hirsch, from Lay Back the Darkness (Knopf 2003)

Day 22 of National Poetry Month

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“April and Silence” by Tomas Tranströmer, from The Half-Finished Heaven (Graywolf, 2001)

Day 21 of National Poetry Month

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“Hymn to the Neck” by Amy Gerstler, from Ghost Girl (Penguin, 2004)

Day 20 of National Poetry Month

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“Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins, from Questions about Angels (UP Pittsburgh Press, 1999)

Day 19 of National Poetry Month

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“The Hut” by Fanny Howe, from Come and See (Graywolf, 2011)

Day 18 of National Poetry Month

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from “Among School Children” (1933) by William Butler Yeats

Day 17 of National Poetry Month

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“Like the New Moon I Will Live My Life” by Robert Bly, from Like the New Moon I Will Live My Life (White Pine Press, 2015)

Day 16 of National Poetry Month

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“At the River Clarion” by Mary Oliver, from Evidence (2009)

Day 15 0f National Poetry Month

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“Defiance” by Sally Van Doren, from The 2River View, 17.3 (WInter 2013)