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Retired teacher, unretired poet. Latest collection: THE HONEY OF EARTH, from Terrapin Books (2019). I'm also mad about photography. My website: https://www.davidgrahampoet.com/
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So when I found his selected poems on the shelf and opened it-- the first poem I saw was "Toward a February Songbook." If that's not fate what is? Two poems about the grandeur of February! It's easy and impossible. . .
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This passage jumped out at me:
And as for poetry, it's easy
And impossible--like stealing from yourself.
--Paul Violi, "Thief Tempted by the Grandeur of February"
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"... and like you
I have stopped at a corner and suddenly
staggered with the grace of it all. . . ."
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Thanks for reading, Amanda. Means a lot to me.
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P.S. Far-flung friends-- I forgot to add that there should be a video of the event. It should be available on Zoom at the time? And then later, I think, on YouTube. O brave world!...
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The book is from the wonderful Library of America. Introduction by Harold Bloom. And here's the first poem I turned to. . . .
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That’s one fine poem!
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Another line I love:
"I love how the sky is connected to a part of us that understands something big and knows nothing about it too."
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What a strange and wonderful poem
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["January Sky" by David Graham]
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This is the only book of his I have--published posthumously.
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Charles Reznikoff has many wonderful tiny poems, along with his long poems. This one I've loved for 40 or 50 years.
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Thanks for the reference. She has so many books! It's not in her selected poems, COLD COMFORT. I'll look for OLD HOUSE POEMS. I'm still curious: is that a whole poem, part of a series, or what in the chapbook?
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Can you tell me where this was published? And is this an excerpt, or a whole poem (hoping it's a whole poem!).
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First book of poems I purchased by Jim Harrison was 40-some years ago. I opened it to a poem called "Rooster," and I was a fan of his for life. First line: "I have to kill the rooster tomorrow. He’s being an asshole. . . ."
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A friend swears that a rooster is the worst. Wanted to shoot it most mornings....
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I imagine an adult donkey might be worse, but they tell me that babies do turn into that eventually. . . . (I also hear that peacocks are even louder.) Keep us posted.