"That is fitted with my need."
Stafford, Dickinson, Brooks, Le Guin, Sexton
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William Stafford:
Emily Dickinson:
Please accept / a sunset. / A sleep of / amber slips / away / upon an ether / sea. / And wrecks in / peace a purple / Tar. / The son of / Ecstasy. [Upside down: Prof Tuckerman. Dickinson had a close friendship with Sarah Eliza Tuckerman, wife of Amherst College botany professor Edward Tuckerman]
Gwendolyn Brooks:
Ursula K. Le Guin:
Anne Sexton:
Sonny Criss, “Sunrise, Sunset,” rec. October 21, 1966:
Kenny Dorham, “Sunset,” rec. January 15, 1961:
As a 66-year old woman I can attest that Gwendolyn Brooks nails it with this poem.
Twang they? That'll have me going all day. till sunset, anyway. The Anne Sexton poem (with the music) has immobilized me.