The Infinite – Giacomo Leopardi
Welcome to the July Poem of the Month!
When I was growing up, I was always better at writing and English in school than math,...
Letrilla-Cancionero – Kenneth Rexroth
Tomorrow morning I leave for two weeks in Spain and Portugal, so I'm sending out October's Poem of the Month a little early.
I found...
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer – Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
(1819–1892)
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer
When the proofs, the figures, were ranges in columns before me;
When I was...
Unharvested – Robert Frost
Fall finally seems to have arrived here in Seattle. The weather has acquired that crispness that makes this one of my favorite times of...
Your Laughter – Pablo Neruda
For this month’s poem of the month, I’ve returned to Pablo Neruda, the Chilean poet whose language and sentiment seem to always move me....
Snowflake – William Baer
Welcome to the December Poem of the Month! I thought this poem appropriate for this month’s poem, as we just received our first snowfall...
Faith Poem – Walt Whitman
Welcome back to the Poem of the Month. The sun has finally begun to return to the Pacific Northwest, bringing with it blooming flowers,...
[Untitled] – Stewart Todd
Welcome to May 2006 Poem(s) of the Month.
We return again this month to the marvelous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda for one of the two...