First Loves, Spring Poems, March Reading List, and more.

March 13, 2015

First Loves A formative moment, fixed in poets’ minds. BY LYNN MELNICK AND BRETT FLETCHER LAUER   Spring Poems Classic and contemporary poems to celebrate the advent of spring. BY THE EDITORS   Reading List: March 2015 BY LINDSAY GARBUTT   The Snowed-in Life What does snow have to do with race?   POEM OF THE DAY Blackberrying, by Sylvia Plath Sign up to have a poem emailed to you each day. AUDIO POEM OF THE DAY  Alteration Finds, by Geoffrey Brock Subscribe to the audio poem of the day podcast.

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