Poetry
Art Collective Bombs to Heal Cities
Chilean group Casagrande bombs cities—with poetry, not explosives.
Poetry, by Stacked Books
Inspired by artist Nina Katchadourian, FM Writers compile prose to make verse, creating poetry out of book titles.
Artist, Scholar Discuss Dickinson's Envelope Poems
The poems that 19th century poet Emily Dickinson wrote on envelopes were the subject of a presentation and exhibit at Houghton Library on Thursday evening.
This Week's Arts Cover: Stanislaw Baranczak
This week’s Crimson Arts cover story is about Polish poet and Harvard professor Stanislaw Baranczak. The piece focuses on Baranczak’s ...
Even When No One is Looking
Poet Stanislaw Baranczak had no desire to shoulder his country’s burden. What he wanted was to write free from the confines of communist censorship.
Now I Walk in Beauty: A Poem from Revels RiverSing
On Sunday night hundreds of people gathered near Weeks footbridge on the banks of the Charles River for the 9th annual Revels RiverSing celebration. Filled with music, poetry, and communal singing, this celebration of the fall equinox waved goodbye to summer and ushered in a new and spirited fall season. The poem below was inspired by the upbeat melodies and soaring voices of RiverSing; it is composed entirely from poetic lines and lyrics that emerged throughout the event.
Generational Memory: Echoes of the Holocaust
Writing about the Holocaust, I have realized that generational memory is an important access point to the subject matter. The writing techniques I’ve adopted follow the same principle as generational memory: that, while the Holocaust itself is hard to approach, its ripple effects are tangible.
The Ink-smudged Diaries of Adrienne Rich
You can find Rich’s archives at Schlesinger library, in the same Yard where she attended class. Her many papers and diaries, ink-smudged, doodled-on, and worn, reveal a personal evolution as radical as that of her poetics.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Erik Fredericksen '12
Fredericksen reflects on his thesis, a translation of a Latin ode, and shares his translation of Horace's Ode 3.13.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Carla Ferreira '12
Carla Ferreira reflects on her poetry thesis and shares three poems selected from her work.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Matt Aucoin '12
Matt Aucoin reflects on writing his poetry thesis and shares two poems from his work, including one set to music.
Excerpting Senior Writers: Justin Wymer '12
Justin B. Wymer reflects on writing his poetry thesis and shares an excerpt of his work.
Harvard Poets Celebrated for Arts First
On Sunday, April 29, poetic stylings as different as those of e. e. Cummings, Class of 1915, and Wallace Stevens, Class of 1897-1900, will meet during the event “Poetry at Harvard: A Love Story” in the Agassiz Theater.