Acting director Laurie Hollinger chose this poem as a powerful example of how the ghazal form can be used to make a point. Here, previous Center guest and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith chose “our name” as the radif (repeated phrase at the end of each couplet), ending with a haunting chant forContinue reading “Poem of the Week: “Ghazal” by Tracy K. Smith”
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Poem of the Week: “Who Said it was Simple,” by Audre Lorde
Who Said it was Simple Audre Lorde There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Nedicks the women rally before they march discussing the problematic girls they hire to make them free. An almost white counterman passes a waiting brotherContinue reading “Poem of the Week: “Who Said it was Simple,” by Audre Lorde”
Making up for lost time: Postcards from the Voyage of Robin Coste Lewis
By Laurie Hollinger Robin Coste Lewis closing out the Spring Poetry Festival, on April 27, 2016. Click the image to view more photos from her visit. On April 27, the Center for Poetry hosted a visit by Robin Coste Lewis, author of the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry winning Voyage ofContinue reading “Making up for lost time: Postcards from the Voyage of Robin Coste Lewis”
The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU 