Well one good thing to come out of the Obama administration is the appointment of Phillip Levine to be the next United States Poet Laureate, I’ve spent my life collecting his poetry and any interviews and readings that I could find so I’me delighted with this news. He’s one of a dying breed, a poet [...]
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PHILLIP LEVINE
Posted in Poetry, tagged GF, phillip levine, poetry on August 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Summer Poems
Posted in Poetry on June 10, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Sat under the plum tree in the garden, looking at the cut grass that needs to be raked up, I was reminded of “Cut Grass” by Philip Larkin Cut grass lies frail: Brief is the breath Mown stalks exhale. Long, long the death It dies in the white hours Of young-leafed June With chestnut flowers, [...]
