Brodksy-catSimon Armitage, Making poetry pay:  In a culture that has consigned poetry to the margins, Armitage has become something very rare: a genuinely popular British poet. Aida Edemariam hits the road with the busiest man in verse.  (The Guardian)

‘Welcome to This House,’ the Private Life of a Poet: Barbara Hammer’s impressionistic yet informative portrait of the poet Elizabeth Bishop.  (The New York Times)

Poet Jessica Jacobs talks Georgia O’Keeffe and her debut collection  (Mountain Xpress)

Russians Honor Deceased Poet Brodsky on His 75th Birthday (The Moscow Times)

Caution: World-Changing Poetry at Work, In essays as forceful as they are graceful, the poet Jane Hirshfield argues that poetry possesses the ability to transform the way its readers perceive the world.  (The Daily Beast)

Poetry Kept My Patient Alive (Opinionator)

Egyptian Court Acquits 17 in Case Arising From Poet’s Death at March  (The New York Times)

Poet Aja Monet Confronts Police Brutality Against Black Women With #SayHerName
(Huffington Post)

Also, if you join the Academy of American Poet's email newsletter, there were good links in the last few weeks to LGBT Pride Poems and Mother’s Day poems.