Poetry Readers Challenge discussion

Hello! I am very excited to contribute my thoughts on poetry books I have read, either for college or pleasure!

Jensen wrote: "Interrogations at Noon, Dana Gioia (2002)

Interrogations at Noon has to be one of my favorite single author poetry books of all time.

This book starts off with Words, an ode to the world around..."

Love "I think poetry’s point in the world is to connect people that otherwise would not be connected. Whitman preaching self love and acceptance, Shelley and Keats connecting readers with the sublime around them, Gioia connecting a small part of the world’s population with each other..." I'm glad you jumped right into our group. I appreciate your insights.

Jensen wrote: "Leaves of Grass, Deathbed
(I have completed reading the entire text but I am currently rereading it for a post-romantics class!)

Walt whitman is an enigma of a man— he contradicts himself, he cont..."

Sorry to correct you on your first posts, put this List heading is just to list the book title and author. Please edit these posts and move the reviews to the 2023 Reviews section just under this one. You've made a dramatic entrance, so keep those reviews coming. Feel free to leave comments on the reviews of others, too.

Alarie, thank you for correcting my placement!! I have moved my reviews and will now list my reading list!

Read:
- Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
- Interrogations at Noon, Dana Gioia
- Selected Tennyson & Browning

Currently Reading:
- The Soul of Love
- Selected Poems, Mary Ruefle
- Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Wanting to Read:
- Meadowlands, Louise Glück
- Lunch Poems, Frank O’Hara
- Modern Life, Matthea Harvey

Jensen wrote: "Alarie, thank you for correcting my placement!! I have moved my reviews and will now list my reading list!

Read:
- Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
- Interrogations at Noon, Dana Gioia
- Selected Te..."

You're very welcome.

I’ve added Lunch Poems to my list. Interested to hear your thoughts on this one.