4 Must-Read Mark Strand Poems

Mark Strand is one of the most important poets of his generation. He has worked as an editor, translator, and more. He was named the Poet Laureate Consult in Poetry to the Literary of Congress in 1990. He worked as a professor of English at Columbia University until his death in 2014.

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Eating Poetry

‘Eating Poetry’ by Strand depicts the transformative joy of consuming art, turning a man into a dog in a surreal narrative.

Mark Strand was a Canadian-born American poet known for his mysterious and dreamlike poetry. His poems often focus on change, identity, and deep emotions. ‘Eating Poetry’ is one of his most famous works. It stands out because of its unusual and playful take on passion and happiness. While he wrote many great poems, this one is especially loved for its strange yet powerful message.

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.

There is no happiness like mine.

I have been eating poetry.

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Keeping Things Whole

Strand’s ‘Keeping Things Whole’ explores a speaker’s sense of absence and yearning for wholeness in a world where he feels invisible.

In a field

I am the absence

of field.

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The Night, the Porch

‘The Night, the Porch’ by Mark Strand is a beautiful poem about the nature of life and the human spirit.

To stare at nothing is to learn by heart

What all of us will be swept into, and baring oneself

To the wind is feeling the ungraspable somewhere close by.

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The Prediction

Mark Strand’s poem ‘The Prediction’ is about the inevitability of death. It depicts a moonlit night where a lady anticipates her imminent death.

That night the moon drifted over the pond,

turning the water to milk, and under

the boughs of the trees, the blue trees,

a young woman walked, and for an instant

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