For those of you who’ve taken my workshop on nocturnes and aubades, or who simply enjoy the form–here’s a list of poems for further study/enjoyment. Dive in!
AUBADES:
Aubade with Cutlery and Crickets by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Three Friends by Mark Van Doren
Another Trashy Aubade by Evan Zimroth
Aubade for West African History by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Aubade Beginning in Handcuffs by Torrin A. Greathouse
Under Two Windows (1. Aubade 2. Nocturne) by Schuyler Van Rensselaer
NOCTURNES
A Clear Midnight by Walt Whitman
The Body Electric by James Crews
The Night in Isla Negra by Pablo Neruda
The Fury of Sunsets by Anne Sexton