W.S. Merwin, Sylvia Plath, & More

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner] JuLY 28, 2017 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Black and white image of the poet W.S. Merwin. ]( Essay [Reading a Dysfunctional World]( Why Merwin’s The Lice is needed now more than ever. By Adrienne Raphel [Image of a field in summer.]( Essay [Druidic Difference]( Poets write odes and elegies to spring and autumn, and they muse on the metaphorical significance of winter, but they have been quieter—at least on the surface—on the glorious subject of summer. By Annie Finch [Black and white image of the poet Sylvia Plath.]( Poem Guide [Sylvia Plath: "Nick and the Candlestick"]( Sylvia Plath’s haunting poem to her infant son is fused with a metaphoric descent into a ghostly otherworld. By Katherine Robinson Harriet Blog [Our Generation: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken, an Interview With Tongo Eisen-Martin]( erica lewis, Harriet’s July featured blogger, interviews Tongo Eisen-Marin to discuss poetic lineage and craft. By Erica Lewis Video [There Are Birds Here]( One of a series of animated films that retells contemporary poems from a filmmaker’s perspective. [Image of the poet Robin Coste Lewis.]( Poem [Summer]( Last summer, two discrete young snakes left their skin / on my small porch, two mornings in a row. By Robin Coste Lewis Featured Podcasts The Poetry Magazine Podcast The editors discuss Li-Young Lee's "Changing Places in the Fire" from the July/August 2017 issue of Poetry. [Listen to audio version.]( [Listen]( Podcasts]( Subscribe to Poetry [Poetry Magazine Subscribe Logo]( [Get Poetry]( [The Poetry Foundation]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( [The Poetry Foundation on Tumblr]( You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2017 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #