A New Beginning

As the first post of this blog, I would like to welcome all readers (hopefully there will be at least a few) and explain what I intend for this blog to be about. First and foremost, it will be a blog about poetry. I am starting it for a poetry class project, after all. And, at least in the beginning, the majority of the blogs will be about poetry, although I'm sure other posts will sneak in, including posts about music, writing, art, etc.

I would now like to introduce the two poetry books I will be blogging about for the next month. First, is Holocaust Poetry, including works by W.H. Auden, Anne Sexton, Czeslaw Milosz, Sylvia Plath, Elie Wiesel and many others. This book was compiled by Hilda Schiff and is a tribute to all the victims of the Holocaust and their families. Next, is Poems to Live By: In Troubling Times including the work of E.E. Cummings, D.H. Lawrence, Mary Oliver, Robert Bly, Jane Kenyon and others. This book was edited by Joan Murray and is a collection of poems that speak to the soul in troubling times, such as the ones we are currently living in.

I hope to be discussing at least a few poems each day, along with providing any helpful background information I can find.