Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light”
LONG LIGHT Long light Super Bowl Sunday 2006“Do” to escape from the presentlying on a recycled-plastic outdoor-carpetnear profuse clover and the water meter In the dream Heathermarries a heart surgeon in heaven We need...
Tagged: PoemTalk
Sylvia Plath’s “The Stones”
Here is the text of Sylvia Plath’s “The Stones.” This poem was discussed in episode #129 of the PoemTalk podcast series HERE. The Stones This is the city where men are mended.I lie on...
John Ashbery’s “The Short Answer”
Here is the text of Ashbery’s poem “The Short Answer” from his book Quick Question. This was the basis of a PoemTalk episode which can be heard and viewed HERE. The Short Answer I...
ModPo at the Poetry Foundation, October 15, 2022
During the ModPo team’s visit to Chicago in October 2022 we spent Saturday at the Poetry Foundation. At 11 AM we recorded an episode of PoemTalk before a live audience. We discussed seven short...
new abridged version of our discussion of Helen Adam’s poem
Thanks to the talented editing of Makena Deveraux, we are now making available an abridged, 20-minute version of our discussion of Helen Adam’s “Cheerless Junkie’s Song.” See below for the revised list and links...
Michael McClure added to the Beats week in ModPo
We have added three poems from Michael McClure’s Ghost Tantras to week 6 (the Beats) of the ModPoPLUS syllabus, as follows: PART TWENTY-TWO: MICHAEL McCLURE 22.1 read three poems from Michael McClure’s “Ghost Tantras”: LINK...
new section on “Confessional poets”
As part of the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 5 (chapter 6), we have added a section of poems by so-called “confessional poets” of the late 1950s and 1960s. We have been edging toward discussions...
ModPo comes to Seattle & Vancouver
The ModPo team is definitely coming to Seattle and Vancouver in January! In Seattle: there will be a ModPo meet-up on Friday, January 10, We will gather at the Town Hall Forum starting at...
ModPo week 2 webcast (Thurs. Sept 20th at noon)
It’s webcast day here at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia. You really should try to make plans to watch (and participate in) today’s second weekly ModPo webcast of 2018. We start at exactly...
Handy ModPo links
Here are some handy ModPo and ModPo-related links. Please let us know if we should add more. Send your suggestions to modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Important links: ModPo enrollment page on Coursera: LINK Enter the ModPo site...