Videos Video Poems See all Video Poems Chant for a Hurricane Chant for a Hurricane Commuter Moons Commuter Moons Manhattan Morning Manhattan Morning First Light First Light Flyways Flyways Heron Heron The Homemade Telescope The Homemade Telescope Dropped Dropped First Freeze First Freeze The Art of the Fugue The Art of the Fugue Good Men, Who Eat Their Cubic Mile of Cold Good Men, Who Eat Their Cubic Mile of Cold Noon Watch Noon Watch Endurance Endurance First Pageant First Pageant Dante at Shiloh, Part I Dante at Shiloh, Part I Promethean Promethean Veteran's Day, 1985 Veteran's Day, 1985 Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Commuter Moons Commuter Moons Bonsai Master Bonsai Master Match.com Match.com The South China Sea: A Poetry Film by John Barr The South China Sea: A Poetry Film by John Barr Mss Mss Dropped Dropped The Nature of Knowing The Nature of Knowing Ship Captain Crew Ship Captain Crew The Hove The Hove The Library at Innerpeffray The Library at Innerpeffray Sign Shop, Sing Sing Sign Shop, Sing Sing Mapping the Interior Mapping the Interior Deer Xing Deer Xing Driving in Rain Driving in Rain Dante in China Dante in China Outage Outage Dante at Shiloh, II Dante at Shiloh, II Night Flight Night Flight Water's Way Water's Way Hunting for a Tool Hunting for a Tool Gloria Visits the Fry House Gloria Visits the Fry House Iron's Keeping Iron's Keeping In the Zoo of the Extinct In the Zoo of the Extinct Chicago, Tell Me Who You Are Chicago, Tell Me Who You Are Noel Noel Thoughts On Poetry See all Thoughts On Poetry The poet's task The poet's task A poem is a report... A poem is a report... A poem is a village... A poem is a village... A reader brings a poem... A reader brings a poem... Without readers... Without readers... We need to stop thinking of error... We need to stop thinking of error... Verse does not ask us... Verse does not ask us... To play it safe... To play it safe... The great poets speak... The great poets speak... A poem arises out of... A poem arises out of... There is a part of us that... There is a part of us that... A poem is a celebration... A poem is a celebration... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... Like any of us, poets follow... Like any of us, poets follow... Imagination starts where understanding stops... Imagination starts where understanding stops... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike... One-Minute Interviews See all Video Interviews Who were or are your poetry mentors? Who were or are your poetry mentors? Do you have a reader in mind when you write? Do you have a reader in mind when you write? How long does it take for you to write a poem? How long does it take for you to write a poem? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? What did the process of making The Boxer of Quirinal look like? What did the process of making The Boxer of Quirinal look like? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection?
Chant for a Hurricane Chant for a Hurricane Commuter Moons Commuter Moons Manhattan Morning Manhattan Morning First Light First Light Flyways Flyways Heron Heron The Homemade Telescope The Homemade Telescope Dropped Dropped First Freeze First Freeze The Art of the Fugue The Art of the Fugue Good Men, Who Eat Their Cubic Mile of Cold Good Men, Who Eat Their Cubic Mile of Cold Noon Watch Noon Watch Endurance Endurance First Pageant First Pageant Dante at Shiloh, Part I Dante at Shiloh, Part I Promethean Promethean Veteran's Day, 1985 Veteran's Day, 1985 Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Commuter Moons Commuter Moons Bonsai Master Bonsai Master Match.com Match.com The South China Sea: A Poetry Film by John Barr The South China Sea: A Poetry Film by John Barr Mss Mss Dropped Dropped The Nature of Knowing The Nature of Knowing Ship Captain Crew Ship Captain Crew The Hove The Hove The Library at Innerpeffray The Library at Innerpeffray Sign Shop, Sing Sing Sign Shop, Sing Sing Mapping the Interior Mapping the Interior Deer Xing Deer Xing Driving in Rain Driving in Rain Dante in China Dante in China Outage Outage Dante at Shiloh, II Dante at Shiloh, II Night Flight Night Flight Water's Way Water's Way Hunting for a Tool Hunting for a Tool Gloria Visits the Fry House Gloria Visits the Fry House Iron's Keeping Iron's Keeping In the Zoo of the Extinct In the Zoo of the Extinct Chicago, Tell Me Who You Are Chicago, Tell Me Who You Are Noel Noel
The poet's task The poet's task A poem is a report... A poem is a report... A poem is a village... A poem is a village... A reader brings a poem... A reader brings a poem... Without readers... Without readers... We need to stop thinking of error... We need to stop thinking of error... Verse does not ask us... Verse does not ask us... To play it safe... To play it safe... The great poets speak... The great poets speak... A poem arises out of... A poem arises out of... There is a part of us that... There is a part of us that... A poem is a celebration... A poem is a celebration... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... To be a poet is to be attached to life by a different set of hooks... Like any of us, poets follow... Like any of us, poets follow... Imagination starts where understanding stops... Imagination starts where understanding stops... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike... A metaphor discovers the unity in things thought to be unlike...
Who were or are your poetry mentors? Who were or are your poetry mentors? Do you have a reader in mind when you write? Do you have a reader in mind when you write? How long does it take for you to write a poem? How long does it take for you to write a poem? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? What did the process of making The Boxer of Quirinal look like? What did the process of making The Boxer of Quirinal look like? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection? How do you go about structuring a poetry collection?
