TheThe Poetry
≡ Menu

To honor the first day of National Poetry Month, I want to share this poem by Bill Wadsworth — the progenitor of NPM, launched in 1996. Bill is an extraordinary writer, advocate and teacher of poetry — I’m profoundly grateful for the work he’s done and continues to do. For more information about Bill, visit http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1650 and for more information about NPM: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41 Read “The River Twice” as three poems: the indented lines first, the italicized lines second, and together for an astonishing whole. This first appeared in Purchase College’s The Submission magazine, Spring 2008, edited by Natalie Eilbert. Related Posts WHAT’S YOUR IDEA OF A GOOD TIME? The Tenth Muse with John Ashbery: 92nd Y, Monday, 8pm Three Poems and an Interview with Ben Mirov Sometimes when I happy get The Super Happy Fun Poem Challenge of the Day in Three Steps