"amulets against nothing"
Daye, Wayne, Moss, Levine, Mead, Howe
New Class:
Stanley Kunitz said: “The poet's first obligation is survival. No bolder challenge confronts the modern artist than to stay healthy in a sick world."
This class will focus on using poetry as a tool to clarify our thinking and psychological sturdiness in our current moment. We will read poets from other traditions and countries who survived autocratic regimes and see what we can learn from them.
https://www.seansingerpoetry.com/join-book-club
This class will be on ZOOM, Thursday, 5/22 from 6:30-8 EST
$100
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Tyree Daye:
Jane O. Wayne:
Stanley Moss:
Philip Levine:
Jane Mead:
Susan Howe:
I’m so grateful to see poems here by both Phil Levine and Jane Mead, my beloved teachers… and on the theme of father loss. What a wonderful gathering of poems… thank you, Sean.
First: Every time, no matter many times, I look at the graphic for your upcoming class I laugh out loud.
Second: Each these poems on death and inheritance caused me to pause and re-read, made me wonder about characters and situations. All so good. But Philip Levine's specificity engrossed me. Reading it was like watching a film.
Third: Susan Howe! YESYESYES!