I love poetry but recently realized there are quite a few poets winning Pulitzers and being honored as a Poet Laureate of whom I have never heard. And since poetry should be a year-round event and not reserved only for April’s National Poetry Month, it seems like a good idea to make a project. In no particular order, I am working my way through the U.S. Poets Laureate and poetry Pulitzer winners. This page will serve as an index for the project.
- Tracy K. Smith. Pulitzer, 2012 for Life on Mars
- Kay Ryan. Poet Laureate, 2008 – 2012. Pulitzer, 2011 for The Best of It: New and Selected Poems
- Natasha Trethewey. Poet Laureate, 2012 – present. Pultizer, 2007 for Native Guard
- Sharon Olds. Pulitzer, 2013 for Stag’s Leap
- Vijay Seshadri. Pultizer Prize, 2014 for 3 Sections
I read that you love to read poetry. Have you every read anything by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld? Great reading!
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Im from dominican republic and its very hard to find good books.
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Thanks to yoy i discover Nikki Giovanni, and i LOVE her.
If you like poetry, try latinamerican poet Mario Benedetti.
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What an excellent idea! I might just have to copy you!
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I see the appeal of working one’s way through… something or other. I must say, though, having nothing to choose but US. Poets Laureate and Pulitzer winners sounds unutterably dreary. But I’ll bet working through the state poets laureate would be something.
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