Exploring the attic

May 08, 2014 We all know a story about a crazy thing someone found in their attic. In Poetry International’s metaphorical attic we have thousands (perhaps tens of thousands) of poets, poems, translations, articles, audio, video, photographs, mementos, and memories. Because this is far too much for us to wade through all at once, we’ve asked our friends to give us a hand clearing out the attic. We’ve found some great things, and we’re excited to share them all with you.

This week we’re proud to bring you three poetic giants from our festival archives, chosen once again by our 2014 festival poets and our national editors:

Each had a tremendous influence on their country’s poetry and poets but is also well-known on an international level, and each was a guest at one or more of our past festivals. What’s most exciting for us is the chance to see how the work they presented at those festivals, a snapshot from the past, holds up with readers and listeners today. We hope you enjoy re-discovering their work as much as we did. Piled luggage image courtesy of Shutterstock