Contemporary poets

[athousandsorrows]

Anyone know of any decent contemporary poets that have collections worth buying?

 

[Louanne Learning]

Anyone know of any decent contemporary poets that have collections worth buying?

It so much depends on what are your interests, what moves you, and your proclivities, and even what your politics are.

Today I learned about a poet named Cornelius Eady, who has published several collections.

Here is his latest poem -

Renee Nicole Good Is Murdered​

• Cornelius Eady1954 –

Up rides the super cops,
The cancellation squad.
A dormant virus, melted from
The ice pack,

And the conversation
Is end-stopped when
The shell cracks her
Car window, does its
Dumb duty,
Brings silence
To a poet’s mind.

The President says:
You’re a terror bot
If you don’t comply.
Homeland security
Puts on a ten gallon
Texas size hat,
Says see what fucking
With the bull gets you.

There is a picture of her
Just before it tips rancid,
Just before she’s dragged
Into how they see her.

I wish I could read the words
As they blaze their last, unsuspected
Race through her skull.
A language poem that ends on
The word
Impossible.

 

[Louanne Learning]

@Homer Potvin - should this thread be moved to Poetry Discussion?