Saturday, January 4, 2025

20 favorite poems from 2024

In 2024 I tried to include a poem as a blog posting on each day that ends in a "1" (except 31).  Usually, the poems come from books of poetry that I read through the year.  Of those 36 poems for the year, I selected 20 of my favorites - my favorite favorites.  Each one is admirable in a different way.  
  1.  Smell! By William Carlos Williams - link 0224
  2. Spring Strains by William Carlos Williams - link 0324
  3. Estate sale by Ted Kooser - link
  4. Splitting an Order by Ted Kooser - link
  5. Visitation by Jeffrey Harrison - link
  6. Renewal by Jeffrey Harrison - link
  7. Paired Things by Kay Ryan - link
  8. Seagulls by John Updike - link
  9. Ravens at Deer Creek by Robert Wrigley - link
  10. Redwing Blackbirds by Robert Penn Warren - link 0724
  11. A Pair of Tanagers by Mark Jarman - link 0824
  12. Every Mourning by Michael Kleber-Diggs - link 0924. for teaching
  13. Canine Superpowers by Micahel Kleber-Diggs - link 0924 for teaching
  14. Manifesto of Fragility/Terraforma by Erika Meitner  link 0924 for teaching
  15. Summer Songs - Rigoberto Gonzalez - link - 1024
  16. Remembering a honeymoon hike by Camille Dungy - link - 1024
  17. Above Ground by Clint Smith - link - 1024 for teaching
  18. Ghazal - Reginald Dwayne Betts link 1124 for writing
  19. I Wake Close to Morning by Mary Oliver link 1224
  20. To Know the Dark- by Wendell Berry link 1224

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