By Dave Lucas, Syndicated Poet Laureate
• December 11, 2018
What makes poetry, poetry?
Ask that question of a dozen poets, scholars or readers and you’ll get as many different answers, maybe more. Some won’t be much help: “Poetry is the sort of thing...
By Dave Lucas, Syndicated Poet Laureate
• November 28, 2018
“I never got poetry,” someone says to me again. And I sigh.
Because I never got it either—at least, not until I learned to stop worrying about “getting it.”
In fact, “get”—with its connotation...
By Dave Lucas, Syndicated Poet Laureate
• October 26, 2018
This is a love story.
This is the story that led me here, writing to you about how and why I fell in love with poetry, and what I think you can find there, too.
No story ever gets love—or life—quite...
By Dave Lucas, Syndicated Poet Laureate
• September 28, 2018
“I, too, dislike it.” -Marianne Moore, “Poetry”
But you don’t hate it.
At least that’s what I hope you’ll discover as you read this column.
I don’t want to convince you that you should...
By Olivia Kurylo, Editor-in-Chief • November 3, 2023
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