"the pinfeathers on the windowledge"
Sorrentino, Williams, Levine, Longley, Różewicz, Follain
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Gilbert Sorrentino:
C.K. Williams:
Philip Levine:
Michael Longley:
Tadeusz Różewicz (tr. from Polish by Victor Contoski):
Jean Follain (tr. from French by W.S. Merwin):
Radiohead, “The Butcher,” rec. 2011:
You must have a voluminous collection of poetry to be able to pull five or six poems which deal with specific topics.
I always thank you for such a wide array since, even though I’m familiar with many there are so many more poets you introduce who fascinate me. Each of them, too, also seem to tap into a particular slant on the subject, ones which never fail to impress me.
Michael Longley's powerful poem brings the Odysseus scene to life more vividly than anything I've read before. Whoa!