Anya ,'Touched'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
All of these recs are great! A couple I love whom I don’t think have been mentioned: Linda Pastan and Louise Gluck. And Joy Harjo (not as well known; a Native poet with a beautiful style) and Maxine Kumin.
ETA: A great anthology is No More Masks: [link]
Oh my god, yes, Jane Kenyon.
Let Evening Come can still stop my crazy in its tracks.
And another rec - When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women, by Andrea Hollander Budy
Calli, I'd also recommend Tracy K. Smith. She's more contemporary, but Life on Mars is amazing.
What a completely gorgeous poem, Bev; I’d never read it. Thank you. And I just bought that anthology! Always looking to expand my classroom poetry collection.
Thank you all for the great recs!
Ave atque vale. P.D. James [link] I'd say rest in peace, but she certainly never rested while alive. She supported her family, wrote while working full time and had a life of public service that would be notable even without the gift of her writing. I didn't like all of her books, but her craft was undeniable.
I just ran across this story by Ruthanna Emrys which is a very interesting tale in the setting of Lovecraft's Chthulhu Mythos with an approach I've not encountered before. [link]
I was quite a big fan for a while, Ginger.(have sort of lost touch with her work in recent years)
One of today's BookBub offerings is an omnibus of the first three Lord Peter Wimsey novels for $1.99. I have the first two, but these editions look a little cleaner, plus the third one isn't in public domain yet.