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What are You Doing to Celebrate National Poetry Month?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Meg Waite Clayton

In a small moment, I’m left steeped in some feeling that I don’t always want to experience directly, but which leaves me a better person for having been exposed to it.

I am certainly a better writer for the poetry I read. Continue reading →

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Poem in Your Pocket Day

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Meg Waite Clayton

Of the many wonderful moments in National Poetry month, my favorite is “Poem in Your Pocket Day” – which is today. The idea is simple: Put a copy of a poem you love in your pocket, and share it with … Continue reading →

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Bookstores Worth Browsing: Shakespeare & Company, Paris … and Poetry Tuesday

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Meg Waite Clayton

I’m in Paris for a month, writing and walking in the steps of some literary greats. Yesterday, Mac and I visited Shakespeare and Company, where the likes of Anais Nin, Henry Miller, James Baldwin, and Ernest Hemingway have stood. I’m … Continue reading →

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Poetry Tuesday: Mark Doty on Knowing What Want is

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Meg Waite Clayton

Since April is National Poetry Month, I’ve been looking around at what different poets have to say about getting started. This quote by Mark Doty – from an address he gave at the 2011 Whiting Awards ceremony (the entire text … Continue reading →

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The Page Davidson Clayton Poetry Prize

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Meg Waite Clayton

I read the most extraordinary poem yesterday, “what you’d find buried in the dirt under charles f. kettering sr. high school (detroit, michigan)” by francine j. harris. Continue reading →

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Will You Share a Favorite Poem?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Meg Waite Clayton

Was it Baudelaire who said, “Always be a poet, even in prose”? I came to my current favorite poem, Jane Kenyon’s incantatory “Let Evening Come,” by hearing John Felstiner read it at a lovely gathering at SheWriter Marilyn Yalom’s house. I was sitting … Continue reading →

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