English DepartmentDuke English Majors present: "Shelter in Poetry,” a series dedicated to sharing some of our favorite poems as we shelter in place. Here we join the efforts of @williamsenglishdepartment and the Academy of American Poets (#shelterinpoems), among others, to bring solace and solidarity to these uncertain times.
- Julie Peng - "Cut" by Sylvia Plath
- Bailey Bogle - "Wintering" by Sylvia Plath
- Tristan Kelleher - "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams
- Victoria Wang - The Need of Being Versed in Country Things" by Robert Frost
- Margot Armbruster - "The Simple Truth" Philip Levine
- Thalia Halloran -"Sorrow Is Not My Name" Ross Gay
- Nick Bayer - "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
- Margaret Gaw - "In Perpetual Spring" by Amy Gerstler
- Mark DeLong - "What A Wonderful Bird The Frog Are" by Anonymous
- Dr. OJ - "Life While-You-Wait" by Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska
- Daniela Stephanou - "Maria" (Winner of 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize)
- Thaila Halloran - "animal instincts" (2020 Academy of American Poets Prize - Honorable Mention)
- Margot Armbruster - "Triptych" (Winner of 2020 Anne Flexner Award for Poetry
- Sophie Laettner - "Home" (Winner of 2020 Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Award for Poetry)
- Sophie Laettner - "Student Girls" (Bonus) "Student Girls Reprised" (Winner of 2020 Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Award for Poetry)
- Sophie Laettner - "Of the same element" (Winner of 2020 Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Award for Poetry)
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