"Of an everywhere that the trees described"
Roethke, Hongo, Garrigue, Merwin, Olson
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Theodore Roethke:
Garrett Hongo:
W.S. Merwin:
Christina Olson:
Ornette Coleman, “The Legend of Bebop,” rec. July 26, 1960:
Something about the immediate, detailed intimacy of the opening to the Garrett Hongo poem grabbed me (maybe the Chicago setting that I knew in early adulthood), so the ending was devastating. Thanks again for introducing me to a poet I’ve never read. I ordered Ocean of Clouds and the poets on poetry volume. Keep ‘em coming!