Category Archives: April is National Poetry Month

Here’s one with a local touch, written by our own Bill Kupinse, Puget Sound Associate Professor of English and 2008-09 Tacoma Poet Laureate. Submitted by Elizabeth Knight POINT DEFIANCE When I visit her, I find a sea widow scanning the … Continue reading →

“To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, submitted by Jeanne Young On Turning her up in her Nest with the Plough Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ … Continue reading →

Here is a translation of my favorite poem. Submitted by Peggy Burge Silentium! Fyodor Tyutchev’s poem, translated by John Dewey Be silent, guard your tongue, and keep All inmost thoughts and feelings deep Within your heart concealed. There let Them … Continue reading →

“Words” by Dana Gioia is a favorite of mine. Submitted by Elizabeth Knight The world does not need words. It articulates itself in sunlight, leaves, and shadows. The stones on the path are no less real for lying uncatalogued and … Continue reading →

One of my favorite poems is by Robert Frost.  Submitted by Jane Carlin, Library Director. The Road Not Taken TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood … Continue reading →