What sticks with me
What sticks with me from a graduate seminar in American Puritan Literature. I don't remember how we wandered so far afield, but I'm glad we did. Thomas Kinsella has died. A poet of
Poetry
A collection of 46 posts
Poetry and Baking
Maria Popova spies John Keats combining the two. “The best of Men have… a kind of spiritual yeast in their frames which creates the ferment of existence — by which a Man is propell’
One poet on another
“Yeats sometimes gave the impression of being even a worse idiot than I am.” —Ezra Pound https://t.co/6QLqxLNCDN — The Paris Review (@parisreview) May 8, 2019
It's almost in here
“Perhaps the best way to keep the spirits of loved ones alive is to allow them to continue living within us.” —Rita Dove on Ted Kooser’s beautiful “Parents” https://t.co/NbhymmnkiF
Memorizing poetry
http://bookmania.me/post/177868454677/litafficionado-in-my-poetry-class-ive-always
Donald Hall
I just learned Donald Hall died last night. He was 89. Below is his poem "Affirmation" "To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we