Poetry Foundation Newsletter: August 28, 2024

Poetry Foundation Newsletter ["And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor – And this, and so much more? --"] Poem Guide “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Eliot BY Peter O’Leary One of the most famous poems in English, one of the first encounters readers have with modern poetry—and may have even invented modern poetry. [Read More]( Inside the July/August 2024 Issue [image] [View Issue]( [arrow] [quote] The poet does not contain the poem. — Marvin K. White Prose from Poetry Magazine I Give You an Onion: The Poetry of Duffy and Hill BY Kim Moore Much to the dismay of a reporter writing for the Daily Mail, Carol Ann Duffy did not write a poem for the Queen’s anniversary; instead, she wrote a poem called “Stone Love” to celebrate Tracey Emin’s announcement that she had married a stone. The poem starts: “I married a tall, dark, handsome stone/in its lichen suit.” The poem walks the line beautifully between Duffy’s trademark lyricism (“Gulls laughed in a blue marquee of air”) and her irreverent wit (“my vows/my business and the stone’s”). [Read More]( Article Roaming With Clouds and Water BY Nick Admussen In the 19th century, a husband and wife crisscrossed Japan, writing poems in classical Chinese and engaging in shadowy political work that almost got them killed. [Read More]( [An illustration of two silhouetted figures walking in a moonlit river at night. Wooded hills rise on either side. In the foreground is a bare tree reaching upwards out of frame.] Poem Sampler Cornelius Eady: Selections BY L. Renée Poems by the distinguished and innovative poet, playwright, and mentor. [Read More]( [Image of Cornelius Eady] Archive Editor’s Note Artist Statement: Comic of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot BY Julian Peters “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot was a poem that was instrumental in my conceptualization of poetry as an internal visual experience, an experience that I would later go on to attempt to externalize in pen and ink on paper. [Read More]( ["Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse."] Book Review The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran BY Janani Ambikapathy Seigan and Kōran’s complex oeuvres, spanning two cultural and linguistic systems—which, as Chaves points out, are “radically different” both in terms of language and poetics—are expertly brought to life in this volume. [Read More]( [Chaves Fraleigh Same Moon Shines On All cover 1] Poem of the Day Start each day with a poem delivered to your inbox! Poems are selected by Poetry Foundation editors and guests to correspond with historic events, poet anniversaries, and more from the 47,000+ poem archive. [Subscribe to Poem of the Day]( Featured Podcasts Poetry Off the Shelf Trial and Error Helena and Nicholson Baker on drawing your loved ones, the horrors of the world, and finding your way back to beauty. [arrow] [Listen to Audio]( [Poetry Magazine] Subscribe Today! [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA [The Poetry Foundation](