20th century poets, O - Q
Fernando Pessoa – Poet as Poetry
With his three heteronyms, imaginary brother poets, Fernando Pessoa was a literary movement all by himself. Here is a brief introduction to his life and the steamer trunk of work he left behind when he died in 1935.
With his three heteronyms, imaginary brother poets, Fernando Pessoa was a literary movement all by himself. Here is a brief introduction to his life and the steamer trunk of work he left behind when he died in 1935.
Sylvia Plath
A reference page on Sylvia Plath, brilliant young confessional poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 amid the upheaval of her failed marriage to Ted Hughes, and became a poetic & feminist icon after her death.
A reference page on Sylvia Plath, brilliant young confessional poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 amid the upheaval of her failed marriage to Ted Hughes, and became a poetic & feminist icon after her death.
Frank O'Hara
A musician before he was a poet, then word-musician, poet’s poet, artist’s poet, poet of Lunch Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets, 1986) & Meditations in an Emergency (Grove Press, 1957), Frank O’Hara lived only 40 years but his light still shines among the New York School.
A musician before he was a poet, then word-musician, poet’s poet, artist’s poet, poet of Lunch Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets, 1986) & Meditations in an Emergency (Grove Press, 1957), Frank O’Hara lived only 40 years but his light still shines among the New York School.
Dorothy Parker
Kevin Fitzpatrick’s Dot City site celebrates her life in Manhattan with photo galleries of her haunts & homes in the city, plus Dot Audio, a great selection of RealAudio clips of Ms. Parker reading her own favorite works.
Kevin Fitzpatrick’s Dot City site celebrates her life in Manhattan with photo galleries of her haunts & homes in the city, plus Dot Audio, a great selection of RealAudio clips of Ms. Parker reading her own favorite works.
Dorothy Parker
At Representative Poetry Online there is a small selection of Dorothy Parker’s poems.
At Representative Poetry Online there is a small selection of Dorothy Parker’s poems.
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen: a true one-of-a-kinder, our own Schwitters: poet-painter-performer. St. Madman. And Marcus Williamson's homepage for Patchen is the best homage to a poet currently on the Web. Dive in and drown -- it's good for you.
Kenneth Patchen: a true one-of-a-kinder, our own Schwitters: poet-painter-performer. St. Madman. And Marcus Williamson's homepage for Patchen is the best homage to a poet currently on the Web. Dive in and drown -- it's good for you.
Kenneth Patchen
Kudos to Kaldron visual poetry mag & Light & Dust Poets for bringing Kenneth Patchen's visual arias & his painted poems to the Net.
Kudos to Kaldron visual poetry mag & Light & Dust Poets for bringing Kenneth Patchen's visual arias & his painted poems to the Net.
Octavio Paz
The New York Times' obituary also includes a sampler of Octavio Paz' poems. PBS' Online Newshour site has a RealAudio recording of “The Voice of Mexico,” their memorial for Octavio Paz (or transcript & photos for the soundcard- impaired).
The New York Times' obituary also includes a sampler of Octavio Paz' poems. PBS' Online Newshour site has a RealAudio recording of “The Voice of Mexico,” their memorial for Octavio Paz (or transcript & photos for the soundcard- impaired).
Sylvia Plath
Anja Beckmann’s excellent site marks Sylvia Plath’s elevation to poetic icon by including a large collection of poems inspired by her, as well as a bio, bibliography, analytical essays & lots of links for further reading.
Anja Beckmann’s excellent site marks Sylvia Plath’s elevation to poetic icon by including a large collection of poems inspired by her, as well as a bio, bibliography, analytical essays & lots of links for further reading.
Sylvia Plath
If you want to read Sylvia Plath’s poems you really ought to buy her books, but you can also find the text of 230 of her poems at this site, called “A Wind of Such Violence.”
If you want to read Sylvia Plath’s poems you really ought to buy her books, but you can also find the text of 230 of her poems at this site, called “A Wind of Such Violence.”
Ezra Pound
KYBERNEKIA: Take Ezra Pound's Canto LXXXI and hypervortextualize it in true cyber multidimension -- voila! Hats off to Ned Bates, Gail McDonald & UNC Greensboro for this. If it makes you want to talk about EP in plain old text, join the National Poetry Foundation’s Ezra Pound listserv discussion group.
KYBERNEKIA: Take Ezra Pound's Canto LXXXI and hypervortextualize it in true cyber multidimension -- voila! Hats off to Ned Bates, Gail McDonald & UNC Greensboro for this. If it makes you want to talk about EP in plain old text, join the National Poetry Foundation’s Ezra Pound listserv discussion group.
Ezra Pound
The AAP page on Pound has seven poems, a brief biography & bibliography, plus links to background information on Modernism, Imagism, Objectivism & related poets. For more extensive commentary & background, visit the Pound collection at Modern American Poetry.
The AAP page on Pound has seven poems, a brief biography & bibliography, plus links to background information on Modernism, Imagism, Objectivism & related poets. For more extensive commentary & background, visit the Pound collection at Modern American Poetry.
Ezra Pound
Our own notes on Pound as one of our Survivor Poets, & a few poems, too. “Imagism, No Idea But In Things, stripped the bride bare, the bachelors even...”
Our own notes on Pound as one of our Survivor Poets, & a few poems, too. “Imagism, No Idea But In Things, stripped the bride bare, the bachelors even...”
Frank Templeton Prince
Prince was born in South Africa, T.S. Eliot championed his first published collection in London in 1938, and he died in Southampton in 2003. His best known poem is “Soldiers Bathing,” written during World War II.
Prince was born in South Africa, T.S. Eliot championed his first published collection in London in 1938, and he died in Southampton in 2003. His best known poem is “Soldiers Bathing,” written during World War II.