Poetry Appreciation

Reading “Sub Contra” by Louise Bogan

A Remarkable, Unsentimental Poem About Love

Photo by LaVerne Harrell Clark

In a recent interview, author Sofia Samatar said: “I recommend getting drunk on words. Read, read, read until you can’t help writing. Then write.” Samatar is a prose writer who loves poetry, but her advice extends to poets, too. I find reading for any length of time leads…