poetry

I've never been a big fan of poetry, per se. I have some favorites, but until recently I have not read entire collections of poetry. I'm not crazy about Emily Dickinson. Billy Collins is my favorite poet.

A few weeks ago NPR featured reviews of some books of poetry that got my attention.

Black Nature is a collection of poems by African Americans on nature and the creation. Here's my favorite (so far):

31 words * prose poems

by evie shockley

[#12]

Highly visual rural winter image seeks lyric poem (4-30 lines) for mutual

enrichment and long-term relationship. Image offers frostbitten river and

fog-covered fields where snow seems to rise toward its origins.