Saturday 21 March 2020

Poetry from the Back Room 4; Joy Harjo and Billy Collins


Today is UNESCO World Poetry Day but for the followers of this blog - all 3 of them- EVERY DAY is poetry day. Today, two Americans,  the brilliant, irrepressible and elemental genius that is Joy Harjo
https://poets.org/poems/joy-harjo

and the witty and very accessible Billy Collins, whose poetry, very apposite for these days, hardly ever leaves his living room
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46712/introduction-to-poetry




Tomorrow some history poems and, maybe, better sound.

1 comment:

  1. That Billy Collins poem is one of my favourites Hugh. Liked the one about Donald Adamson too!

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