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Next Line, Please: Companionable Poems [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This week's visit to the world of Next Line, Please was not only a mini anthology of masterful poems, but a tender gaze into the beauty of poetry. Mr. Lehman's write-up of the conversational history…
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Hart Crane’s Epigraph for “A Streetcar Named Desire” [Epigraph of the Month by DL]
Tennessee Williams chose these lines from Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" as the epigraph for’ A Streetcar Named Desire: And so it was I entered the broken worldTo trace the visionary company of…
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On the Erotic in Poetry and Literature (part III) [by David Lehman]
In the English canon, I have a special affection for the seduction poems of John Donne and Andrew Marvell. Donne issued robust commands and adorned them in the most outlandish of poetic conceits. The…
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Donald Hall’s Life Work [by David Lehman]
Donald Hall died two days ago. Back in 1988 I reviewed The One Day for the Washington Post. It may be Don’s finest book of poems and it pleased me enormously when we awarded…
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Batter Up! Poems Inspired by Baseball, Thanks to Jim Cummins [by Stacey Lehman]
Johnny Podres, 1955 World Series Game 3 We have our friend Jim Cummins to thank for this podcast of baseball-inspired poems that comes to us from University of Cincinnati Elliston Project. Jim is the…
