Blogs about: John Hall Wheelock
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Wheelock’s “Night Thoughts in Age”
I might as well finish up with Wheelock now. This is another poem about aging. But I think there are some wonderful things, things filled with wonder, that speak to me in it. He talks about age as… more →
The Sunset Juggler (formerly The Dragon's Mouth)
Stripping the Veil—The Modernists
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wrote 11 months ago: Poetry strips the veil of familiarity from things. ~Shelley What is poetry? Poetry can be “prosey” ( … more →
Earth
wrote 11 months ago: “A planet doesn’t explode of itself,” said drily The Martian astronomer, gazing of … more →
The Trappings of Life
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wrote 1 year ago: O LOVE, now the herded billows over the holy plain Of the trampled sea move thunderously, and cast T … more →
The Function of the Arts
wrote 2 years ago: The wonderful quote below is from a Paris Review interview with poet John Hall Wheelock: Most of us … more →
Earth by John Hall Wheelock
wrote 2 years ago: Earth “A planet doesn’t explode of itself,” said drily The Martian astronomer, gaz … more →
Wheelock's "Night Thoughts in Age"
wrote 2 years ago: I might as well finish up with Wheelock now. This is another poem about aging. But I think there a … more →
Aphrodite, 1906
wrote 2 years ago: Here is another poem by John Hall Wheelock, that caught my fancy — this time from the other en … more →
