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A Glimpse Into Long Island's Poetic Heritage
Compiled & edited by Mark Rothenberg, 4/2006, rev. & exp. 4/2007
Celebrate National Poetry Month (Dowling College Library)
http://www.dowling.edu/library/about/poetrymonth.htm
Includes a link to a podcast (videoclip) of Suffolk County Poet Laureate Daniel Thomas Moran reading
Dr. David B. Axelrod, Suffolk County Poet Laureate, 2007-2009 (Writers Unlimited)
http://www.writersunlimited.org/laureate/
Arriving on Paumanok (Newsday. Our Natural World, More Poetry by Norbert Krapf)
Bailey, Paul. Treading Clams: Paul Bailey's Verses of Long Island. West Islip, NY: Carl A. Starace, 1965. 64 p. --LI REF 811 BA
Bloodgood Haviland Cutter: "Long Island's Farmer Poet" and Friend of Mark Twain's
http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/BloodgoodCutter.html
Cutter was a rather quirky and eccentric Long Islander, a shipmate of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) on the voyage that produced Twain's Innocents Abroad. Here we have one of the "innocents", at home.
Deutzman, Lawrence F. Verses by the Wayside. Smithtown, NY: Rambler Publishing Corp., Inc., 1947. 139 p. -- LI REF 811.5 DEUTZMAN
Elizabeth Bogart (1806-?) (Society for the Study of American Women Writers)
http://www.lehigh.edu/~dek7/SSAWW/writ19CenBog.htm
Bryant, William Cullen -- Bryant's Poems (Cornell University. Making of America)
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.author/b.178.html
Carentan O Carentan, by Louis Simpson (Experience of War: Index)
http://home.clara.net/stevebrown/html/expeience_of_war/carentan.htm
Here is a sample poem by Pulitzer Prize winning Professor Emeritus of SUNY at Stony Brook, Louis Simpson, set in WW II Normandy, France.
Cedarmere -- A Monument to the Man (Antiques & the Arts Online)
http://antiquesandthearts.com/hh/hh598.htm
The Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., home & country refuge of Transcendentalist poet William Cullen Bryant, from 1843 to his death, in 1898.
Selected Poems (Daniel Thomas Moran: Suffolk County Poet Laureate)
http://www.danielthomasmoran.net/selected_poems.html
Click on a poem's title to view it. Thomas Moran's speaking calendar is a click away, as are reviews of six of his books, biographic and contact information.
Edey, Birdsall Otis. Builders: Poems by Birdsall Otis Edey, [comp. by] Miildred Adams Kenyon. [s.l.:] Girl Scouts, Inc., 1940. 142 p. -- LI REF 811 E
Ferrara, Charles. The Privileged Thorn. Islip, NY: The Author, 1998. 83 p. -- LI REF 811.54 FERRARA
Fisher, Adam D. Rooms, Airy Rooms. Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1988. 35 p. -- LI REF 811.54 FISHER
Four Poems by Miny Kronenberg (SNReview: A Literary Journal of Prose and Poetry)
http://www.snreview.org/0406Kronenberg.pdf
From Paumanok Starting, by Walt Whitman (Bartleby.com)
http://www.bartleby.com/142/113.html
An introductory poem to Leaves of Grass, "Paumanok" being one of several Algonquian names for Long Island. Whitman was born in West Hills, N.Y., and launched his editorial & literary careers on L.I.
Heyen, William. Long Island Light: Poems & a Memoir. New York: Vanguard Press, 1967-79. 197 p. --LI REF 811.54 HEYEN
Home Sweet Home (Home Sweet Home Museum, East Hampton, NY)
http://www.easthampton.com/homesweethome/index.html
Boyhood home of John Howard Payne (1791-1852), referred to in his famous poetry turned song.
Home Sweet Home (Bartleby.com) [The poem, full-text]
http://www.bartleby.com/102/14.html
Having seen that "Home Sweet Home" was on Eastern Long Island, here is the text of the poem that was set to music in the 19th century, and the opera in which it appeared.
Jupiter Hammon: America's First Published African-American Poet, by George Wallace
(About.com) http://poetry.about.com/od/18thcpoets/a/hammon.htm
Hammon was a slave of the Lloyd Manor estate, Lloyd Neck, N.Y. (near Huntington), from birth (1711) to death (ca. 1790-1806). He was also America's first African-American Poet, beginning his writing earlier than Phyllis Whitney (of Boston). He both wrote poetry and prose at a time when slave literacy was generally disapproved. The site includes a link to his, "An Address to Miss Phyllis Wheatly." Some of his prose works are also on the web.
Heyen, William. Long Island Light: Poems and a Memoir. New York: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1967-1979. 197 p. -- LI REF 811.54 HEYEN
Jack Kerouac: The Northport Haiku (1964)
http://users.rcn.com/jhudak.interport/Jack.html [Scroll down to the 2nd poem]
American Haiku is provided on the same site. Northport, N.Y. is on Long Island's North Shore, where Jack Kerouac had a home. Northport Public Library, among other places has an archive on the poet.
Kramer, Aaron. The Burning Bush: Poems and Other Writings (1940-1980), ed. with a forward by Thomas Yoseloff. New York; Toronto; London: Cornwall Books, 1983. 253 p. -- LI REF 811.52 KRAMER
The Life and Works of Aaron Kramer (Dowling College)
http://www.dowling.edu/library/about/disp2006.html
This scroll about 2/3rds down the page, and you'll find an audio podcast, by librarian Chris Kretz, of 4 poems by Aaron Kramer, drawn from his book, Wicked Times, as read by 4 of Mr. Kramer's colleagues. The site also provides bibliographies of his works, and identifies locations of a few collections.
P The Long Island Poetry Calendar (The Poetz Calendar)
This link lists scheduled readings, open microphones, lectures, for April 2006 events, along with clickable links to those slated for other months, and years.
Roberts, Betsey Ann Smith. Original Poems, 2nd ed. [Patchogue, NY:] Patchogue Advance Print, 1894. 196 p. -- LI REF ROBERTS
Louis Simpson (NNDB)
http://www.nndb.com/people/644/000099347/
A biographic information site.
P Poetrybay: an on-line poetry magazine for the 21st century (Birnham Wood Graphics), George Wallace, publisher and editor.
http://www.poetrybay.com/index.html
While a commercial site, it contains online links to the recent poems of many local poets, with varied styles and subjects, as published in Poetry Bay Magazine and in Long Island Quarterly. The editor was Suffolk County, N.Y.'s first poet laureate, so this is a substantive site. Poetry has a long history on L.I., and this website signally demonstrates that it is alive and thriving, to this day.
Poetry List for Prime, Benjamin Young (Electronic Poetry Portal)
http://poetry.emory.edu/epoet-Author.xml?search=Prime%2C+Benjamin+Young
Prime (1733-1791) was a resident of Huntington, NY, a physician, by trade, who was swept into the American Revolutionary cause, authoring some interesting poems. Here citations only are available. See also Cavailoli, Frank J. "Benjamin Young Prime: Long Island Poet and Patriot," Long Island Forum, Spr 1994: pp. 5-11. ill.
P Poetryvlog (Poetryvlog)
Weekly (and archived) videotaped poetry readings, by the poet.
Richard Steere (1643-1721)
http://www.answers.com/topic/richard-steere
Roberts, Betsey Ann Smith. Original Poems, 2nd ed. Patchogue, NY: Patchogue Advance Print, For the Author, 1894. 196 p. -- LI REF 811 ROBERTS
Cantankerous, very religious, often outspoken, condescending, witty, and usually quite barbed, this poetry (along with several hymns) were written by one of the village's philanthropic Four [Smith] Sisters. Here are 3 samples:
"What I am Weary of Seeing
I am weary, O, so weary, Of seeing monied ones in power; That do afflict the Lord's poor, And increase their loads each hour. I am weary, O, so weary, Of hearing parsons preach, Who never give an alms, Or practice what they teach. I am weary, O, so weary, Of hearing upstarts brag; Tis strange they can so soon forget, They were brought up in rags. I am weary, O, so weary, of seeing some folks cut a dash, Who had better pay their honest debts And save a little cash. I am weary, O, so weary, Seeing wrinkled ladies with gray hair, Painting their necks and faces And putting on school-girl airs. I am weary, O, so weary, Of seeing old men try, By parting their hair in the middle, The young men to outvie. I am weary, O, so weary, Of seeing some folks throw stones At other people's windows, But never at their own. Patchogue, July 18th, 1878." pp. 36-37.
"Self-Examination
Whilst I have been toiling to gain wealth, Have I loved my neighbor as myself? When I have seen him go coatless, Have I done what I ought to do? Have I given him one when I had two?...", p. 47
"Deacon Moore
There is not a mortal in this world That should not have more anathemas at him hurled Than Q. H. Moore, deacon of the church, That's going to heaven on his good works." ...., pp. 61-67.
The Unattained, by: Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893) (The Poetry Archive)
http://www.poetry-archive.com/o/the_unattained.html
Includes links to 4 additional poems by the author, who moved to "The Willows" in western Patchogue, from New York, due to her husband's decline in health, where they resided, 1860-69. Elizabeth wrote many prose and poetic works, some of which are online. She was a popular lecturer, had run a salon in NYC, popular with well-known American authors, politicians, and journalists. She was an abolitionist, and early suffragist. Her husband, Seba Smith, was also a literary figure, and dean of that brand of folksy American political humor that would continue with Mark Twain, Will Rogers, even Bob Hope. Seba Smith lampooned the Andrew Jackson administration, and Elizabeth ran afoul of the Lincoln administration.
Walt Whitman (Bartleby.com)
http://www.bartleby.com/people/WhitmnW.html
Arguably American literature's greatest, and best known poet, spent his early years on L.I.
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center [West Hills, N.Y.] (The Center) http://www.waltwhitman.org/
* Walt Whitman Related Links
http://www.waltwhitman.org/WhitmanLinks.asp
A nice one-stop resource.
* Poets in Residence
http://www.waltwhitman.org/PoetsinResidence.asp
List of annual honorees. Those in
* Local Guide: A Tour of Whitmanland
http://www.waltwhitman.org/LocalGuide.asp
A handy travel guide.
What's the Word: Focus on Matthew Corydon Wheat, Jr. (Pulse)
http://www.lipulse.com/Articles.asp?id=1011
Includes two poems