Poem of the Week: "The Garden"
Carol Rumens travels back to the sixteenth century for Nicholas Grimald's "gentle sermon." "It’s not a profound meditation on gardens, and cannot compete technically with the elegance of Marvell’s poem of the same name, for which it’s likely to have been one of the English models. As a tripping, occasionally tripping-over, pastoral dance, it’s still an engaging introduction to Grimald’s shorter poems."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Teri Ellen Cross Davis on Lucille Clifton's "study the masters"
"In 'study the masters,' I immediately see 'aunt timmie' as my grandmother, as my great aunt ironing the master poet’s linen. I love how 'he' is not what the poem is about—'he' is a consequence, a step on the ladder to 'aunt timmie.' In fact, it is 'aunt timmie' who is centered at the beginning of the poem; her invisible labor made visible drives the poem. America is the result of that labor, the last word." |
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