Book Talk by the Sea

Happy Thanksgiving! This holiday may mean different things and ways of celebrating (or not) to everyone, especially as we still find...

It's been a bit since Book Talk by the Sea has featured a Poem of the Week, and today it returns. Poetry complements all seasons, but...

When I read the first line of Greg Santos' poem, "I Have a Problem," I'm reminded of the last line in Ada Limón's poem "The Last Thing,"...

We need so much less than we take. We owe so much more than we give. Squirrels plant thousands of trees every year just from forgetting...

Earlier this year, I highlighted Katherine May's mesmerizing memoir Wintering, which has quietly placed both the Maine library world and...

Asian American poet Jenny Xie was born in China, raised in New Jersey, and now lives in New York City. Her debut book of poetry, Eye...

This week's poem comes from Lisa Richter, whose book of poetry Nautilus and Bone won the 2020 Jewish Book Award for Poetry. In addition...

As we continue the celebratory observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I'll be devoting space in the Poem of...

Thursday, April 29th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, one of the highlights of National Poetry Month. It's never a bad time to carry around...

April is a bounteous month, what with National Poetry Month, National Library Week, and now... Earth Day! Janisse Ray is best known for...

One for poetry itself and one for spring today as we continue to celebrate National Poetry Month at the library. Both of this week's...

In honor of this week's overlap between National Poetry Month and National Library Week, here is a poem from Nikki Giovanni that...

(National Poetry Month poster designed by Brooklyn, NY high school senior Bao Lu) This April marks the 25th annual celebration of...

Sylvia Plath's poetry is often hard to read—if not to interpret, then to stomach. The poet often articulated her suicidal and despondent...

Something about the coming of spring has always felt to me incredibly well-suited to poetry, as though it serves as an enchantment,...

With St. Patrick's Day on the horizon, it seems a good time to share the beautiful work of Dublin-born poet Eavan Boland. Boland's work...

There is something of a feeling of simple smallness when looking at a Lucille Clifton poem like "blessing the boats," with its lower case...

As we transition from Black History Month to Women's History Month, the voice of Audre Lorde seems the perfect complement to the moment....

Today's Poem of the Week comes from Pulitzer Prize-winning and former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. "An Old Story" is featured in Smith's...

Though hope and gratitude are always necessary to carry us through, we've needed them perhaps more than ever in the last year. Poet Ross...