Poetry Corner of Ann B. Blake, Ph.D.

Poetry, expression of soul and spirit, provides a foundation for my life as a teacher, psychologist, and woman. The following poets (and so many more) inspire me in my work with students and clients. I hope you enjoy these poems; please feel free to send poems to add to the blog. Please see the following links; the first four links are my other blogs; the fifth link is the professional organization to which I belong. The sixth link provides information about weekly poetry events.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Sky Reflects Autumn

By Christine Kysely

Sky reflects Autumn
leaves dancing amongst bright clouds
Golden autumn sun 
mirrors glorious color
Gray skies on near horizon

2011. © Christine A Kysely All Rights Reserved
Wausau, Wisconsin USA

Photo Credit: Borrowed from webtraj.com

U.S. Poet Laureates

Joseph Auslander 1937-1941
Allen Tate 1943-1944
Robert Penn Warren 1944-1945
Louise Bogan 1945-1946
Karl Shapiro 1946-1947
Robert Lowell 1947-1948
Leonie Adams 1948-1949
Elizabeth Bishop 1949-1950
Conrad Aiken 1950-52 (First to serve two terms)
William Carlos Williams (Appointed to serve two terms in 1952 but did not serve).
Randall Jarrell 1957-1958
Robert Frost 1958-1959
Richard Eberhart 1959-1961
Louis Untermeyer 1961-1963
Howard Nemerov 1963-1964
Reed Whittemore 1964-1965
Stephen Spender 1965-1966
James Dickey 1966-1968
William Jay Smith 1968-1970
William Stafford 1970-1971
Josephine Jacobsen 1971-1973
Daniel Hoffman 1973-1974
Stanley Kunitz 1974-1976
Robert Hayden 1976-1978
William Meredith 1978-1980
Maxine Kumin 1981-1982
Anthony Hecht 1982-1984
Robert Fitzgerald 1984-1985 (Appointed and served in a health-limited capacity, but did not come to the Library of Congress)
Reed Whittemore 1984-1985 (Interim Consultant in Poetry)
Gwendolyn Brooks 1985-1986
Robert Penn Warren 1986-1987 (First to be designated Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry)
Richard Wilbur 1987-1998
Howard Nemerov 1988-1990
Mark Strand 1990-1991
Joseph Brodsky 1991-1992
Mona Van Duyn 1992-1993
Rita Dove 1993-1995
Robert Hass 1995-1997
Robert Pinsky 1997-2000
Stanley Kunitz 2000-2001
Billy Collins 2001-2003
Louise Glück 2003-2004
Ted Kooser 2004-2005
Donald Hall 2006-2007
Charles Simic 2007-2008
Kay Ryan 2008-2010
W.S. Merwin 2010-