Tag: Wallace Stevens

Poet Robert Hass Wins $100,000 Prize

August 29, 2014

26artsbeat-hass-articleInlineFormer poet laureate of the U.S. Robert Hass won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award. The prize given for “outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry” was awarded by the Academy of American Poets on Tuesday. Mr. Hass won a National Book Award in 2007 and a Pulitzer Prize in 2008. He will be honored along with six other recipients at a ceremony on October 17. You can read two of his poems here and see more about the award and other winners in this NYT article.

Laura

Goodbye, National Poetry Month!

April 30, 2014

Time sure flies when you’re having fun.  It’s hard to believe another National Poetry Month is already drawing to a close, but for one last hurrah, don’t miss this great clip of actor Bill Murray reading a pair of Wallace Stevens’ poems.  Enjoy, and make sure to keep coming back to Off the Shelf for Poetry 365 – a great way to scratch your poetry itch all year long.

National Poetry Month: April 8th

April 8, 2012

On the Road Home by Wallace Stevens

It was when I said,
“There is no such thing as the truth,”
That the grapes seemed fatter.
The fox ran out of his hole.
                                                                                                            .
You… You said,
“There are many truths,
But they are not parts of a truth.”
Then the tree, at night, began to change, Continue reading “National Poetry Month: April 8th” →

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