The poems in Susan Swartwout's recent book, "Odd Beauty, Strange Fruit: Poems," were inspired by the author's upbringing in the deep South, as well as childhood moves to many cities. Swartwout not ...
The poet John Berryman would be turning 100 Saturday, were he alive, and his publisher is celebrating the centenary with three re-issued collections and one new one, “The Heart is Strange” (Oct. 21).
This mysterious poem, discovered among the gnostic manuscripts at Nag Hammadi, is narrated by a female divine revealer. " 'Thunder Perfect Mind' is a marvelous, strange poem. It speaks in the voice of ...