Yeah, I know--it feels like summer outside down here in south Florida, but we're still weeks and weeks away from it. Nonetheless, I have to provide our book purchasing system a list of texts for my class this summer. I've been given a terrific opportunity this summer--a 4000 level Modern Poetry class. It's only six … Continue reading Summer reading list
Sex in Poetry
I'm always amused by how younger generations are convinced that the poetry of the past was stolid and conservative, that the people of 400 years ago certainly would never have mentioned sex, and if it did, with only the mildest euphemisms. One of my first-day-of-class activities every semester is to give my students a handout … Continue reading Sex in Poetry
Another Poem to Love 