"The Locals" by Stefan Beck

The Locals by Stefan Beck



Why Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters still resonates 100 years later

"You've Got to Start Somewhere" by Deborah Landau : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by an American poet: You've Got to Start Somewhere by Deborah Landau : The Poetry Foundation

"Fireflies in the Garden" by Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation

Read this short poem, which is good for children: Fireflies in the Garden by Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation

Robert Frost (1874-1963)

American poet

"Father's Day: My One-Word Poem" by Monty Gilmer

FATHER'S DAY: MY ONE-WORD POEM
by Monty Gilmer 

Fatherless.


First appeared in Six-Word Memoirs, http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com

"[Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way]" by Juan Felipe Herrera / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by American poet Juan Felipe Herrera: [Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way] / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

To read a biography of Juan Felipe Herrera, click here.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning ~ "How Do I Love Thee?" poem with text

"The Circus Animals' Desertion" by William Butler Yeats : The Poetry Foundation

Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats was born on this day in 1865. Read this poem of his: The Circus Animals’ Desertion by William Butler Yeats : The Poetry Foundation

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

"Ah, Ah" by Joy Harjo : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by a Native American poet: Ah, Ah by Joy Harjo : The Poetry Foundation

"The Mosquito" by Rodney Jones / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Listen to a recording of American poet Rodney Jones reading this poem of his: The Mosquito / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

"'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' Turns 100" by The Editors

Read this article: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Turns 100 By The Editors

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

American-born British poet and critic

"The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" - written by Noel Paul Stookey and sung by Petula Clark

"Mushrooms" by Laura Kasischke / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Mushrooms / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

"Glass" by A. R. Ammons / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by American poet A. R. Ammons (1926-2001), and listen to a recording of him reading it: Glass / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

"Lydia Puckett" by Edgar Lee Masters : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem from its author's Spoon River Anthology (1915): Lydia Puckett by Edgar Lee Masters : The Poetry Foundation

Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950)

American author

"Work Boots: Still Life" by Jim Daniels : The Poetry Foundation

Work Boots: Still Life by Jim Daniels : The Poetry Foundation

"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer : The Poetry Foundation

The subtitle of this poem, which is good for children, is "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888": Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer : The Poetry Foundation

On June 3, 1888, the poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940)

American writer and poet