21 Poems of The Week

~ a selection of poems that touch on music and song ~

Frank O’Hara – The Day Lady Died

Dorianne Laux – Enough Music

Sandra Simonds – Ode to Country Music

John Murillo – Upon Reading That Eric Dolphy Transcribed Even the Calls of Certain Species of Birds,

Hanif Abdurraqib – I Don’t Remember The Whole Summer When “Do The Right Thing” Dropped

Chessy Normile – Terrible Music

Bill Holm – Earbud

Bruce Smith – Obbligato

A.E. Stallings – Blackbird Etude

Wanda Coleman – The Saturday Afternoon Blues

Patricia Smith – Hip-Hop Ghazal

Stuart Dybek – Vivaldi

Aimee Nezhukumatathil –  When Lucille Bogan Sings "Shave 'Em Dry"

Roya Marsh – Ode to Fetty Wap (written after strip club)

Eboni Hogan – Cardi B Tells Me about Myself

Rowan Ricardo Phillips – Little Song

Ross Gay – A Poem in which I Try to Express My Glee at the Music My Friend Has Given Me

Lisel Mueller – Romantics

Diane Wakowski –  Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons

Daisy Fried – No God in Us but Song

John Berryman – Dream Song 29