I don’t want to write my essay, so here’s some Charles Bukowski poems.

You really need to know about Dorothy Porter. She was an Australian poet, an out lesbian, and basically awesome.

Did you know that Gertrude Stein and Mina Loy were friends? Do you even know who Mina Loy is? I didn’t until about ~5 days ago.

“You must nurture the kiss. Turn out the lights. Notice how it illuminates the room. Hold it to your chest and wonder if the sand inside hourglasses comes from a special beach.”

“I like his poetry because it’s kind of all over the place without being noisy about it.”

“You can’t trust lesbians. You invite them / to your party and they don’t come, / they’re too busy tending vaginal / flowers, hating football, walking their golden / and chocolate labs.”

Did you know that Rilke’s Mom initially raised him as a girl? True story.

Once upon a time I hated Sylvia Plath. Now I don’t! How did this happen? The answers lie inside this post…

In which five of us talk about our favorite poet ever. “Those of us who think we know / the same secrets / are silent together most of the time.”