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# Robert Pinsky

Poet, translator, essayist

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://robertpinskypoet.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [At Mt. Auburn Cemetery](https://robertpinskypoet.com/at-mt-auburn-cemetery-by-robert-pinsky-the-new-yorker/)
- [Mixed Chorus](https://robertpinskypoet.com/mixed-chorus/) - Mixed Chorus, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [<em>At the Foundling Hospital</em> Now Available](https://robertpinskypoet.com/at-the-foundling-hospital-now-available/) - The poems in Robert Pinsky’s new book, At the Foundling Hospital, consider personality and culture as improvised from loss.
- [When Did Poetry First Spark Your Interest?](https://robertpinskypoet.com/when-did-poetry-first-spark-your-interest/) - Words have always fascinated Pinsky, but it was jazz that led him to poetry.
- [Is Hip-Hop Poetry?](https://robertpinskypoet.com/is-hip-hop-poetry/) - The distinction between poetry and rap lyrics lies in the performance.
- [IV. Street Music (from City Elegies)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/street-music/) - Street Music, a portion of City Elegies - a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [Samurai Song](https://robertpinskypoet.com/samurai-song/) - Samurai Song, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [The Want Bone](https://robertpinskypoet.com/the-want-bone/) - The Want Bone, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [Rhyme](https://robertpinskypoet.com/rhyme/) - Rhyme, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [Grief](https://robertpinskypoet.com/grief/) - Grief, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [From the Childhood of Jesus](https://robertpinskypoet.com/from-the-childhood-of-jesus/) - From the Childhood of Jesus, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [Improvisation on Yiddish](https://robertpinskypoet.com/improvisation-on-yiddish/) - Improvisation on Yiddish, a poem by Robert Pinsky
- [Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky at Writers Resist in NYC](https://robertpinskypoet.com/rita-dove-and-robert-pinsky-at-writers-resist-in-nyc/) - Video of Robert Pinsky and Rita Dove at the NYC Writers Resist Counter-Inauguration
- [Poem Written for the Writers Resist Counter-Inauguration](https://robertpinskypoet.com/poem-written-for-the-writers-resist-counter-inauguration/) - Robert Pinsky's poem Exile and Lightning, written for the Writers Resist Counter-Inauguration
- [Shirt](https://robertpinskypoet.com/shirt/) - Shirt, a poem by Robert Pinsky

## Pages

- [Home](https://robertpinskypoet.com/)
- [Upcoming Events](https://robertpinskypoet.com/events/) - Upcoming poetry readings and performances by Robert Pinsky
- [Featured Videos](https://robertpinskypoet.com/videos/) - Readings, poetry discussions, and other videos from Robert Pinsky
- [Books & CDs](https://robertpinskypoet.com/books-cds/) - Books and CDs from poet Robert Pinsky, including poetry, prose, anthologies, translations, and audio works
- [A Selection of Poems](https://robertpinskypoet.com/poems/) - A selection of poems by Robert Pinsky
- [Contact](https://robertpinskypoet.com/contact/) - Contact Robert Pinsky for readings or performances, or contact the Favorite Poem project
- [About Robert Pinsky](https://robertpinskypoet.com/bio/) - Robert Pinsky is a poet, essayist, translator, teacher, and speaker. He served an unprecedented three terms as United States Poet Laureate.
- [The Art of Poetry](https://robertpinskypoet.com/the-art-of-poetry/) - The Art of Poetry is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) taught by Robert Pinsky through Boston University and EdX
- [Favorite Poem Project](https://robertpinskypoet.com/favorite-poem-project/) - The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives
- [Photo Gallery](https://robertpinskypoet.com/photo-gallery/) - Photos of Robert Pinsky at performances, speaking engagements, and other public events
- [Privacy Policy](https://robertpinskypoet.com/privacy-notice/) - Robertpinskypoet.com privacy policy, including information collection, cookies, Do Not Track, and links

## Items

- [<strong>Proverbs of Limbo</strong>, 2024](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=2364)
- [<strong>Jersey Breaks</strong>, 2022](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=2121)
- [LitHub Jersey Breaks Harvard](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=2186)
- [RP BU Today Jersey Breaks](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=2171)
- [<strong>The Book of Poetry for Hard Times, </strong> 2021](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=2015)
- [<strong>The Mind Has Cliffs of Fall: <br/>Poems at the Extremes of Feeling,</strong> 2019 ](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=1880)
- [<strong>PoemJazz II: House Hour</strong> (CD), 2015](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=304)
- [Understanding or Interpreting](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=329)
- [When Did Poetry First Spark Your Interest?](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=328)
- [John Updike with Robert Pinsky (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=292)
- [Robert Pinsky with table mates (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=293)
- [Robert Pinsky with Polyphemus (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=296)
- [Robert Pinsky at microphone (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=297)
- [Martin Hayes and Robert Pinsky at the Irish Arts Centers Muldoon Picnic, October 2014 (photo: Amanda Gentile)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=298)
- [Robert Pinsky with Jamaica Kincaid (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=299)
- [Robert Pinsky with Adam Michnik (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=300)
- [Erin, Robert, and Carl (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=301)
- [<strong>Gulf Music,</strong> 2007](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=680)
- [Laurence Hobgood and Robert Pinsky (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=282)
- [PoemJazz: The Green Piano (video)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=330)
- [<strong>At the Foundling Hospital,</strong> 2016](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=302)
- [<strong>The Situation of Poetry: Contemporary Poetry and Its Traditions,</strong> 1978](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=218)
- [<strong>Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying the Masters,</strong> 2014](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=306)
- [<strong>The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition,</strong> 2013](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=308)
- [<strong>Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein,</strong> 2013](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=310)
- [<strong>PoemJazz</strong> (CD), 2012](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=312)
- [<strong>Selected Poems,</strong> 2012](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=314)
- [<strong>Thousands of Broadways: Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town,</strong> 2009](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=316)
- [<strong>Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud</strong> (with CD), 2009](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=476)
- [<strong>An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology</strong> (with DVD), 2006](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=682)
- [<strong>First Things to Hand,</strong> 2006](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=684)
- [<strong>The Life of David,</strong> 2005](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=686)
- [<strong>An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology,</strong> 2004](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=688)
- [<strong>Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology,</strong> 2002](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=690)
- [<strong>Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry</strong> (Princeton University Tanner Lectures), 2003](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=692)
- [<strong>Jersey Rain,</strong> 2001](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=694)
- [<strong>Americans' Favorite Poems,</strong> 1999](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=696)
- [<strong>The Sounds of Poetry</strong>, 1998](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=698)
- [<strong>The Handbook of Heartbreak: 101 Poems of Lost Love and Sorrow,</strong> 1998](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=700)
- [<strong>The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems</strong>, 1997](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=703)
- [<strong>The Inferno of Dante</strong> (translation), 1996](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=705)
- [<strong>Poetry and the World</strong>, 1992](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=707)
- [<strong>The Want Bone</strong>, 1991](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=709)
- [<strong>History of My Heart</strong>, published 1984, reprinted 1997](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=712)
- [<strong>The Separate Notebooks by Czeslaw Milosz</strong> (translation), published 1984, reprinted 2001](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=714)
- [<strong>An Explanation of America,</strong> 1979](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=716)
- [<strong>Sadness and Happiness, </strong> 1975](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=718)
- [Robert Pinksy at Farleigh Dickinson College at Florham (photo)](https://robertpinskypoet.com/?mgi_=294)

## Categories

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- [Shirt](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/shirt/)
- [Exile in Lightning](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/exile-in-lightning/)
- [Writers Resist](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/writers-resist/)
- [Video](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/video/)
- [Robert Pinsky and Rita Dove](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/robert-pinsky-and-rita-dove/)
- [Mixed Chorus](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/mixed-chorus/)
- [IV. Street Music](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/iv-street-music/)
- [City Elegies](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/city-elegies/)
- [Improvisation on Yiddish](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/improvisation-on-yiddish/)
- [From the Childhood of Jesus](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/from-the-childhood-of-jesus/)
- [Grief](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/grief/)
- [Rhyme](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/rhyme/)
- [The Want Bone](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/the-want-bone/)
- [When Did Poetry First Spark Your Interest?](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/when-did-poetry-first-spark-your-interest/)
- [Is Hip-Hop Poetry](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/is-hip-hop-poetry/)
- [News](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/news/)
- [At the Foundling Hospital](https://robertpinskypoet.com/tag/at-the-foundling-hospital/)
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