A bone, a shieve of wheat, an unbound dirt floor A rune to seek unwound lore My favorite poets: Naomi Shihab Nye: She writes beautifully on a vast array of subjects. Her book Words Under the Words: Selected Poems is a great collection. T. R. Hummer: the heavy thickness of his words make his poems weightless. I like his earlier work the best. Two are The Angelic Others and The Passion of the Right-Angled Man. Mary Oliver: I discovered her in a poetry writing class. She uses images and settings of nature; reading her poems gives me a sense of the interconnectedness of life. Her book American Primitive won the Pulitizer Prize. Billy Collins: He's another poet who writes well-crafted poems on just about anything. I have his book The Art of Drowning. For those of you who write poetry or want to begin, The Practice of Poetry edited by Robin Behn and Chase Twichell is an excellent book of exercises. music books movies home