… I had never heard Muriel Rukeyser’s voice before I began to make a Vimeo of her reading her poem “The Speed of Darkness,” a Caedmon recording. I had heard Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s voice, however, and while I … Continue reading
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And Five More American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Lowell and Ashbery
… Wallace Stevens … The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic … Continue reading
Five American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Jarrell, and Lowell
… Wallace Stevens (1979 – 1955) The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet … Continue reading
In my words, June 10 – 16
… … Above you see my father, his glasses reflecting the camera’s flash, stacking his wood, Father Time. My father in the clipping below is younger than his grandsons now. When I think of my father, I often think of … Continue reading