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James J. Patterson's National Poetry Month Picks (week 2) In honor of National Poetry Month, We asked author and essayist extraordinaire, James J. Patterson, to select three poems he'd like to see celebrated. Along with Walt Whitman's "On the Beach at Night Alone" (featured above), he chose Wordsworth's "The World is too much with Us", And Last but not least, the famed American Poet Robert Bly performing the poem "On Being a Man" by the famed Spanish poet, Antonio Machado. James J. Patterson was born in Washington, DC, five days before Nixon’s infamous “Checkers Speech.” He’s been … [Read more...]

Max Barton's Picks for National Poetry Month (Week 2) We asked Max Barton, ASP Gopher and the present author, for his National Poetry Month picks. He recommends specifically the poem, "Home Burial", as one of immense value. Along with "Home Burial" by Robert Frost, he wishes to celebrate "The Magi" a short and substantive poem by Yeats, and Kipling's "Epitaphs of The War" which he feels is more moving than any Kipling poem has any right to be. … [Read more...]

Off the Cuff: Rose Solari's Keys to Writing Success Rose sits down with Brain Hackers Magazine founder and CEO, Dave Farrow, to talk about succeeding as a poet. "[A] thing that is crucial [for up and coming writers] is reading a lot. A professor of mine in college gave me the 100:1 ratio. He said, “You have to read about 100 good poems to write one.” It sounds daunting but it actually makes a kind of sense. I was trained in poetry, I have an MFA in poetry, so when I sat down to write a novel for the first time I knew I had an idea which was too narrative to fit into a poem and that it had to … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Hazen's Picks for National Poetry Month (Week 2) We asked poet, Elizabeth Hazen, for three poems she'd like to seen celebrated this National Poetry Month. And she chose three of equal merit in three very different styles. As featured above she chose the current United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's stellar poem "My God, it's full of Stars"; James Wright's "A Blessing"; and Naomi Shihab Nye's "The Yellow Glove". Elizabeth Hazen is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry 2013, Southwest Review, The Threepenny Review, The … [Read more...]

Week One of National Poetry Month 2019 The first week of National Poetry Month is over. Let's take a look back at the featured poems of this past week. National Poetry Month is upon us! This year ASP has decided to celebrate by featuring several poems each week curated by different members of the ASP team. Now that the first week is over, let's take a look back at the poets and poems we have featured thus far. MONDAY Linda Watanabe McFerrin selected four poems dear to her to feature on Monday, including the late W.S. Merwin's Rain Light (pictured above). She also … [Read more...]