Gothamist: A Poem A Day, Keeps the Doctor Away

Alex

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:48:23 -0500

The comma in the title to this post has no business there. While in conversation you pause there, in writing it's incorrect, slicing an independent clause into two fragments. It should be: "A poem a day keeps the doctor away."

nikki

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:14:35 -0500

john donne -- "a valediction: forbidding mourning"

evs

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:48:21 -0500

I agree with the Frank O'Hara statement. He reveals the essence of New York. Gothamist should check out "A Warm Day for December." It's about 57th Street.

fiona

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:36:15 -0500

Frank O'Hara, who evokes the rhythms of New York in his poems.

Samantha T

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:34:18 -0500

Anne Sexton

Marc

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:05:56 -0500

the apparation of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough.

poetryfan

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:31:50 -0500

Sharon Olds Saul Williams Sonia Sanchez Nick Flynn Raymond Carver Sandra Cisneros and about a million others. . .

Dan

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:46:37 -0500

Thanks for the great link. I recently bought Fred Hersch's "Leaves of Grass" CD based on some clips that I'd heard. He sets Walt Whitman's poetry to music. It's still unopened, but you've made me want to run home and play it. :)

threetoedsloth

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:09:14 -0500

If Elvis Presley is King Who is James Brown, God? Amiri Baraka

Colleen

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:42:27 -0500

"The Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel

kevin

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:32:39 -0500

sometimes i dig the "poetry on the way" on the subway