Most poetry anthologies follow one of several standard templates. They may be chronological, or the subset of poetry by century. They may be selections of contemporary poets, or poems by nationality. Some anthologies focus on a single theme, like T.S. Poetry’s own Earth Song.
Mark Yakich, a professor of English at Loyola University in New Orleans, has taken the idea of thematic anthology an academic step further. With The Poetry Reader: An Anthology, he’s assembled an anthology of two broad poetic themes, reading and writing. It’s an eclectic but purposeful gathering of poets from across the world and across the centuries, using their selected poems to show how to read poetry and how to write it.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Thursday Readings
An Alternate Ending to Romeo and Juliet – Patrick Hastings at Library of Congress Blogs.
“Aprilian,” poem by Bliss Carman – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Orwell Knew What Made Shakespeare Great – Michael Lucchese at Providence Magazine.
“The Rolling English Road” by G.K. Chesterton – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.
Spitfire Roundabout, a Dark Teesside story by Glenn McGoldrick, is free on Amazon today.
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