'Bring On The Night'
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."
Robert Service? Don Marquis? Guy Wetmore Carryl?
I never much liked Robert Frost or Carl Sandburg, but I think that is because we were forced to study them in high school.
When I try to think of more modern poetry, I keep coming up with song lyrics. Woodie Guthrie. Simon & Garfunkel. Jimmy Buffet. John Prine. Jim Croce. Joan Baez. Carole King.
I’m thinking of upping my new poetry reading in 2026. And I was wondering if anyone had any recs, please.
I just suggested Marianne Moore and Elizabeth Bishop (with links) on the year-end thread.
Adrienne Rich is good. And I do think some lyrics count.
I read a couple of Marianne Moore’s poems today. She’s good. I can see some influences from her to Mary Oliver.
Even better, I found a daily poem subscription at the Poetry Foundation, which should help a lot with my resolution.
I like Sharon Olds and Marie Howe.
All of these recs and also Mary Oliver, always.
Thanks for the recs!
Calli, Jane Kenyon, Li Young Lee, are the first two that come to mind. Kenyon got me through some dark times.
I've been keeping short story anthologies and poetry at the bedside to keep myself from either reading all night or training myself to fall asleep when I read. Which is to say I'm currently reading the poetry anthology This Is The Honey.
I am about halfway through Girl Dinner (reading for book club) and I really wish the twist weren't spoiled in the book's description because it is taking its sweet sweet time getting there. (I'm assuming it's a twist anyway, because halfway through the book it hasn't come up at all. The plot of this book so far is "two women who do not know each other make one friend each.")