7 of the New Summer Poetry

Summer Poetry

August is here, sunny as ever, and if peradventure you find yourself in the doldrums. Poetry Magazine's selection of summer poems from recent issues of Poetry will so do you good.

The seven poems go thus:

• At My Best by John Rodriguez 

• Three Songs at the End of Summer by Jane Kenyon

• From “Summer, Somewhere” by Danez Smith 

• A Summer Garden by Louise Glück

• A Winding Sheet for Summer by Peter Gizzi

• Cruel, Cruel Summer by D. A. Powell

• Summer at North Farm by Stephen Kuusisto

By exploring the seven selected poems, you shall find out how the discussed both the brightness and darkness of the season.

Samuel C. Enunwa aka samueldpoetry
(the Leo with wings flying)