https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/
This book was born out of the podcast of the same name, it is a collection of 50 brilliant poems, but the delight is the commentary Pádraig provides, he opens up the poems, with a gentleness that never risks overwhelming the poets own voice, but just gives you the hints and nudges you need to encounter the true richness of the work.
Of the poems I tagged the following…
Book of Genesis by Ken Miller
Phase One by Dilruba Ahmed
Kulila by Ali Cobby Eckermann
How Prayer Works by Kaveh Akbar
Man and Boy by Patience Agbabi
The Place Where We Are Right by Yahuda Amichai (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
What You Missed that Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin
in large part for Pádraig’s comment on it “This could have been a comfortless poem, but somehow it’s the opposite. It’s the genius of Brad Aaron Modlin to create a poem about feeling left out that somehow makes you feel seen. He felt alone in moments throughout his life, and whilst his isolations aren’t my isolations, somehow thise poem turns – with great respect – to isolations everywhere.”
Living in the Past by Joy Ladin
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