
In her initial post she offered two lists of poems. (a total of 131 poems) The Poetry Project challenge set for this month, is to revisit those lists. Seeing as my blog is ostensibly poetry, I decided to read, or reread all the poems on her lists for the challenge.
Don't laugh. I am not crazy! (My mom had me tested.)
Many of the poems on her lists have already been featured here at The Hearth, and those which haven't soon will be . . . (as long as I can get a hold of them.) After posting for a few years, falling back on old favorites becomes too easy, and I am always looking for new inspiration.
I have reproduced her lists here and charted my progress (or lack thereof). Those I have read (or reread) by today are crossed out, while those I was unable to read for any reason remain as a continuing challenge.
As you can see, except for two that I was unable to find, I demolished the first list. (Yes, I know it's the short one.) For one reason and another, I've only dented the second list. I hope you won't think less of me. I'll repost when I actually complete the challenge. I promise.
As I find and read (With seven shelves of poetry books and anthologies, the odds are in my favor.) the poems I have not yet posted, I will put them up for you to enjoy as well. This challenge has, unfortunately, forced me to purchase more books of poetry. The sacrifices I willingly make for you, my loyal reader.
Jason's List of A Month's Worth of Poems:
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5 - If Not, Winter by Sappho (Haven't been able to get a hold of this one yet)
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9 - Poems for Akhmatova by Marina Tsvetaeva (Haven't found this one either)
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Lu's List of 100 Poems:
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17. “What the Body Told” by Rafael Campo
18. “Cultural Stakes: or, How to Learn English as a Second Language” by Kevin A. González
19. “To You” by Kevin A. González
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25. “The Afterbirth, 1931” by Nikky Finney
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31. “Artichoke” by Joseph Hutchinson
32. “Something About the Trees” by Linda Pastan
33. “Lines” by Ruth Stone
34. “Prayer for Sleep” by Cheryl Dumesnil
35. “Of the Parrat and other birds that can speake” by Nick Lantz
36. “i have found what you are like” by e. e. cummings
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39. “Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Sherman Alexie
40. “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel” by Sherman Alexie
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43. “Speaking of the Devil” by Leslie Adrienne Miller
44. “Cherries” by Leslie Adrienne Miller
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49. “Pesto in August” by Katrina Vendenberg
50. “Op-Talk” by Rives (spoken word)
51. “Glaucoma” by Rives (spoken word)
52. “I Could Be A Poet” by Taylor Mali (spoken word)
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54. “To My Lover, Concerning the Yird-Swine” by Julianna Baggott (This poem is not online. I will feature it in Poetry Wednesday one day.)
55. “When At A Certain Party in NYC” by Erin Belieu
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59. “Natural Wonder” by Diane Ackerman
60. “Buckroe, After the Season, 1942” by Virginia Hamilton Adair
61. “Louisiana Line” by Betty Adcock
62. “Language of Love” by Rae Armantrout
63. “Dusk” by Rae Armantrout
64. “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni
65. “Poem for a Lady Whose Voice I Like” by Nikki Giovanni
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67. “Love for this Book” by Pablo Neruda
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69. “Lost in the Hospital” by Rafael Campo
70. “Firefly Under the Tongue” by Coral Bracho
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72. “This Corner of the Western World” by Jennifer Chang
73. “Bankruptcy Hearing” by Dana Bisignani
74. “Requiem for a Nest” by Wanda Coleman
75. “sweet reader, flannelled and tulled” by Olena Kalytiak Davis
76. “Weighing In” by Rhina P. Espaillat
77. “Bilingual/Bilingüe” by Rhina P. Espaillat
78. “The Sign in My Father’s Hands” by Martín Espada
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80. “After Fifty Years” by William Faulkner
81. “Ways of Talking” by Ha Jin
82. “Chernobyl Year” by Jehanne Dubrow
83. “Visiting My Gravesite: Talbott Churchyard, West Virginia” by Irene McKinney

85. “Love Poem to a Butch Woman” by Deborah A. Miranda
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89. “Clarinet” by Terrance Hayes
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92. “Genesis: The Resilient Colors” by Roberto Tejada
93. “As from a Quiver of Arrows” by Carl Phillips
94. “This Can’t Be” by Bruce Smith
95. “A Certain Kind of Eden” by Kay Ryan
96. “Paired Things” by Kay Ryan
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Amazing! You are amazing, not crazy. I'm not sure I have read even one of the poems in the lists. I've read mostly poems by poets from my country. Right now, I've been reading some verses by a late respected journalist. I will post about it soon. You know what, I realized that once you get into the habit of reading poems, you will always look for a poem to read to complete your day or week. Well, that's the case with me. Read on. :)
ReplyDelete//Nancy (www.nancycudis.com)
I have loved reading the poems from your country that you post. I hope to find some of those poets in translation (and on sale cheap) soon. I find that if I haven't read some poetry in a day, it seems incomplete.
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