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This week's column is written by David L. Harrison, the host of Poetry from Daily Life. David, who lives in Springfield, made up his first poem more than eighty years ago and is currently Poet ...
The natural environment of the Pacific Northwest was the subject of much of David Wagoner's poetry. He cited his move from the Midwest as a defining moment: "[W]hen I came over the Cascades and down into the coastal rainforest for the first time in the fall of 1954, it was a big event for me, it was a real crossing of a threshold, a real change of consciousness.
In one later passage, the mythic Queen of the Wood visits the dead, bestowing on them garlands according to their worth. Part 7 is the most fragmented, most allusive, most lyrical part of the book. The work is preceded by the poet's 7-page Preface and followed by his 33 pages of notes.
David Lehman (born June 11, 1948) is an American poet, non-fiction writer, and literary critic, and the founder and series editor for The Best American Poetry. He was a writer and freelance journalist for fifteen years, writing for such publications as Newsweek , The Wall Street Journal , and The New York Times .
David Ross Huddle (born July 11, 1942) [1] [2] is an American writer and professor. [3] His poems , essays , and short stories have appeared in The New Yorker , [ 4 ] Esquire , [ 5 ] Harper's Magazine , The New York Times Magazine , Story , The Autumn House Anthology of Poetry , and The Best American Short Stories .
The words, rules and tune for "Here we go gathering nuts in May" Here we are gathering nuts in May; by Elizabeth Adela Forbes The words and rules of the game were first quoted in the Folk-Lore Record, E. Carrington (1881), [2] followed by a similar description among the games for choosing partners by G.F. Northall (1882). [3]
David Russell Ferry (March 5, 1924 – November 5, 2023) was an American poet, translator, and educator. [1] He published eight collections of his poetry and a volume of literary criticism. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2012 collection Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations .
In 2005, Wyatt Mason of The New York Times called the book "one of the most highly acclaimed debuts for a poet in recent memory." In conversation with Mason, Billy Collins said the poems of Actual Air "are full of complex turns and tricks and conceptual hijinks, and yet there's this surface clarity. You're welcomed into the poem." [5]