Robert Browning and Langston Hughes

Our poets for tonight are Robert Browning and Langston Hughes.

We'll also have the showdown that was planned for last week, as well as more information about the camping trip, a possible service project, and the end-of-the year party.

- J.B.

Robert Pinsky and Sir Philip Sidney

Hullo All,

Welcome back!

Our poets for this week are Robert Pinsky (recent-ish US Poet Laureate) and Sir Philip Sidney (Elizabethan courtier poet). A reminder: If you're planning to print out poems, please do so before you come, because we don't have easy access to a computer in the Honors House now.

Emily and Nathan plan to give us a showdown of "Supernatural Love" by Gertrude Schnackenberg. (The internet doesn't know very much about Gertrude Schnackenberg, but she's pretty spiffy, as you shall know when we hear the poem. It's on last year's CD as well, I believe.)

Also, the camping trip is coming up, and we'd like to get an idea of who'll be going. So think about that so you can let us know. It'll be April 13-14.

- Joanna

Winter and Spring Poems

Hullo All,

Tonight we're reading any poems involving winter and/or spring, so bring your favorites. (Oddly, Wikipedia has a lot more to say about winter than about spring.)

Also, consider getting with someone and working on a showdown for after spring break. In American Poetry class the other day, Nathan and I found the perfect poem for those intimidated by showdowns. It's "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound:

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

Well, I hope to see you tonight.

- Joanna