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A Fresh Look at Sylvia Plath’s Last Year
Do not miss this moving, illustrated tribute to the haunted genius of Fitzroy Road by Summer Pierre.
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Adios, Richard Wilbur
I’m not sure what kind of knuckle-dragger one would have to be not to enjoy Richard Wilbur’s polished verse, whether or not one thinks its virtues amount to “a little too regular a beauty” [Randall Jarrell, quoted in today’s Guardian obituary]. I too prefer the rough magic of Lowell, Berryman, and Plath—but, as Robert Creeley famously wrote, “Love is dead in us / if we forget / the virtues of an amulet / and quick surprise.” These are the chief virtues of Wilbur’s poetry. Here are a few of my favorite examples: The Prisoner of Zenda At the end a “The Prisoner…Read More
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This Is Not Spam
Truly, truly the very best imaginable kickoff to National Poetry Month. Don’t miss it!
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Old Year, New Year … World of Dew
This from a fine, poetry-rich article by Stefany Anne Golberg over at The Smart Set: Some people focus on the passing Old Year rather than the New — English people, for instance, who are nostalgic by nature, as opposed to, say, American people, who do not enjoy the past as much because they have got so little of it, and erase what they do have as soon as they can. I like this kind of pondering, especially when it comes with a sampler of delicious poems by Kobayashi Issa, Sylvia Plath, and Alfred Tennyson (thankfully, Golberg leaves the “Lord” out…Read More
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Sylvia Plath (Part Six)
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Sylvia Plath (Part Five)
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Sylvia Plath (Part Four)
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Sylvia Plath (Part Three)
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Sylvia Plath (Part Two)
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Sylvia Plath (Part One)
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
