The prodigal blogger has returned to poetry and now is trying to get caught up. We met at Frances’ house (last November) and discussed the upcoming election. Of course, since we all seem to shar… more →
The Poets' Notebookanotefrommel wrote 1 month ago: Washington, DC Poetry Tour Our nation’s capital through the eyes of its great poets. (Courtesy of th … more →
michiganisamazing wrote 4 months ago: August 4, 1913 Poet Robert Hayden was born. Born Asa Bundy Sheffey in Detroit, Robert Hayden had a t … more →
Unity9 wrote 5 months ago: Robert Hayden Becomes Bahá’í Robert Hayden was an internationally recognized poet and the firs … more →
ocannell wrote 5 months ago: BY ROBERT E. HAYDEN Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, … more →
mariegauthier wrote 6 months ago: With any luck, I hope to have my computer issues resolved within a few days. Also, presales of my c … more →
matteilar wrote 6 months ago: Try to keep up: For the past couple of weeks or so, Ta-Nehisi Coates has been blogging about the mat … more →
czarnickolas wrote 7 months ago: Sterling Brown “[T]he sincere, sensitive artist, willing to go beneath the cliches of popular … more →
cocoyea wrote 10 months ago: I was getting rid of some boxes that’s been just sitting in a corner of my apartment. And I c … more →
Denise wrote 10 months ago: The prodigal blogger has returned to poetry and now is trying to get caught up. We met at Frances … more →
abrandnewcolony wrote 1 year ago: Robert Hayden’s poem, “Middle Passage” is about the slave trade, and the madness in the narrative of … more →
hysperia wrote 1 year ago: Frederick Douglass When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible … more →
robertweinberg wrote 1 year ago: Robert Hayden was a pioneering African-American poet. He won the Grand Prize for Poetry at the First … more →
Denise wrote 1 year ago: Jusangjollidae Cliff, Jeju Island, South Korea 2008 Thinking about water, we shared these poems … more →
The Underblawger wrote 1 year ago: Melissa and Frayn have graciously allowed me to submit an entry to the Back Fence Site. This month … more →
Norbert Blei wrote 1 year ago: Poetry Dispatch No.237 | June 8, 2008 Poems for the Father Father’s Day, June 15th, is one week from … more →
matt wrote 1 year ago: Video kudos to heards Robert Hayden’s poem read by Carl Hancock Rux … more →
Huckleberry Dumbell, Editor In Chief wrote 1 year ago: Sundays too my father got up early And put his clothes on in the blueback cold, then with cracked ha … more →