Blogs about: Robert Lowell
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Que pourrais-je répondre à cette âme pieuse?
Reading Lowell today, some of his poems reminded me of Baudelaire, and specifically, his excellent early-ish poem Mother Marie Therese, which put me in mind of this Baudelaire poem. Clicking on this l… more →
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Perfect Match
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wrote 1 week ago: These two lovely tatted bookmarks were made by my best friend’s mum. Don’t you think the … more →
The Letters
wrote 1 week ago: In the age of social media, we’ve forgotten about the art of writing letters. As a way to hono … more →
Children Of Light By Robert Lowell
wrote 2 weeks ago: Our fathers wrung their bread from stocks and stones And fenced their gardens with the Redmen’ … more →
Good reading: faith, passion & madness
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wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been shuffling books about Flannery O’Connor among my to-be-read stacks since 2009, … more →
The End of April and National Poetry Month, part 3: To Keep Love Blurry by Craig Morgan Teicher
wrote 1 month ago: I must say that I did not enjoy Craig Morgan Teicher’s third collection of poems. That is not … more →
Skunk Hour
wrote 1 month ago: A poem by Robert Lowell: Nautilus Island’s hermit heiress still lives through winter in her Sp … more →
Robert Lowell reading "Skunk Hour".
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The “worthiness” of women’s writings
wrote 1 month ago: Michelle Dean wrote an article for New York Magazine this week titled “How to Win at the Women’s Mem … more →
9 Famous Authors Who Did Stints in Mental Institutions
wrote 2 months ago: Everyone knows that all authors are totally crazy, right? After all, that’s what makes so many … more →
For The Boston Dead & Wounded
wrote 2 months ago: Tonight, amidst the hectic sleuthing bustle congregated outside Brigham & Women’s Hospital … more →
The Literarian - Robert Lowell & The Acts of the Apostles
wrote 2 months ago: Poet Robert Lowell, in ”New Year’s Day,” encompasses iambic- and rhyme-wrought li … more →
Engels
wrote 2 months ago: Now that the birds are from their burden freed, those sentimental wings, forever autumn it will be. … more →
Poetry Month - Robert Lowell's "For The Union Dead"
wrote 2 months ago: Photograph of Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 – 1907) (Photo credi … more →
In between the limits of day (rl)
wrote 2 months ago: Word choice. You know that moment, right? After you’ve been flogging your guts out, trying to … more →
National Poetry Month: April 5th
wrote 2 months ago: Harriet by Robert Lowell A repeating fly, blueback, thumbthick–so gross, it seems apocalyptic … more →
Throwback Thursday: Robert Lowell and Jonathan Edwards
wrote 2 months ago: Here’s an interesting one we found. The great Massachusetts poet Robert Lowell was apparently … more →
Lifesaving Poems:Elizabeth Bishop's 'Poem'
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wrote 2 months ago: The funniest thing you will ever read about Elizabeth Bishop (or teaching, or anything else) … more →
I cry at everything.
wrote 3 months ago: Simply to spite myself and embarrass myself. Finished two poems, a long one, “Electra on Azale … more →
To Speak Of...
wrote 3 months ago: To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage by Robert Lowell “It is the future generation that presses … more →
