Allen Ginsberg Sings at the 1986 PEN International Congress
In celebration of Allen Ginsberg's birthday week, here are two recordings featuring Ginsberg from the PEN America Archives. More
Robert Creeley reads “Hello”
In America, old sport, / we shoot first, talk later, / or just take you out to dinner. / No worries... More
The PEN Ten with Amanda Johnston
The closer our writing stays to uncovering a truth, the better we can understand the questions and answers. If we fall short of that, we lose vital pieces of… More
Miscarriage
So mom I came out / with a wallop / and was ready to live / covered in the rubies / you made / You looked at me /… More
Maurice Kenny Reading at International Writers for Peace Day
Arrows, now the skies are diseased; arrows, now the earth is diseased; arrows, now the people are sick on dreams; arrows; come back to us. Chankpe Opi Wakpala! More
from The Blue
a body hard as rock / I am occupied // with the visible // rock as soft as a body / both hurt // that’s why she can’t touch… More
Two Poems by Francis Ponge
(These are the pear-trees that are given to you in today’s human terms.) Look how the pear-trees want to say themselves today. More
Two Poems by Brian Foley
Here / is what we know. / This is the music / they would listen to. / They were addicts. / Here is what we know. /… More
Oakland, Cal.
The horses go running through my mind. My student says / She wouldn’t believe police if they told her the sky is blue. More
Galway Kinnell: Nuclear Threat and Poetry
Poets, just like everybody else, have suppressed thoughts about this subject. And no wonder, because it is a subject that, the more you think about, the more hopeless you… More
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