Friday, March 04, 2005

The Ten Poems That Define Me

drum roll please

The Unbosoming by Olena Kalytiak Davis
Which Ever Stone You Lift by Paul Celan
Homage to My Hips Lucille Clifton
Alberto Rojas Jimenez Come Flying by Pablo Neruda
Manifesto by Margot Schilipp
Her Kind by Anne Sexton
I Belong There by Mahmoud Darwish
Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith
The Colonel by Carolyn Forché
Variations of Sleep by Margaret Atwood

8 comments:

Peter said...

Teresa:
Ah, "The Colonel" what a great poem!
P

Charles said...

I also love "The Colonel"—I always use it in my creative writing classes. Well, the one time I did.

early hours of sky said...

I am very lucky in the fact that Carolyn has read my manuscript I think she one of the most talented people alive.

Ana Božičević said...

oh goodness, 'variations on the word sleep' is so fantastic. at one point i tried to translate it into Croatian. i just love that poem.

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