An afternoon poetry roundup …

… courtesy of Rus Bowden:



… Banned on YouTube: Nine - The Brooklyn Rail.

… Here it is on Vimeo: Sonnet 66, read by Miss Emily. Can someone please explain to me why this was banned.

… Dictation By Hsia Yü, translated from the Chinese by Steve Bradbury.

… Excerpt: 'How I Discovered Poetry'.

… Katha Pollitt: Mind-Body Problem.

… Robert Bly: Gratitude to Old Teachers.