A few poems from yesterday

• Robert Phillips - Insturment of Choice
• Elizabeth Bishop - Letter to N.Y.
• Robert Bly - For My Son Noah, Ten Years Old
• Vassar Miller - Morning Person
• Arthur Guiterman - Routine
• Charles Bukowski - Petry Readings

I woould say that none of these were remarkable. Elisabeth Bishop's Letter to N.Y. perhaps struck my fancy more than any of the others. Still, they were all worth reading.

This Past Week in Review

This past week I've read a variety of poets. Some new to me and many who were not. In fact I read a number of poems that I was already well acquainted with. Material from Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Donald Hall, Sylvia Plath, and Robert Bly. Some new material to me by Robert Wrigley (Discretion is I believe one on my new favorites!), Alan Michael Parker, David Kirby, Daniel Wilcox, and Paul Durkan. Durkan's poem, The Poetry Reading Last Night In The Royal Hibernian Hotel is hysterical.