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matclone · 07-31-2007, 07:16 PM

Your literary background amaze me Matclone.

Thanks, PM-01. I don't think my literary knowledge is that great, especially not with respect to poets. But I did major in English and have probably retained a few things.

How did your hearing her read come about? It must have been a moving experience.

Drake University in Des Moines holds a poetry festival each Spring. About 7 or 10 years ago, I went to the one with Boland. Marvin Bell was another better known poet there and I bought one of his books. But the most memorable moment was her reading of "The Necessity for Irony" which I've posted here before. http://www.turksheadreview.com/libra...sityirony.html

I'd not read it before. In reciting the poem, she's telling a story about her daughter who's grown-up now and is no longer beside her as she once had been, when the author was rummaging about for "beautiful things". When she did the last stanza, and the import of what was saying hit me, I think I fairly gasped, or that's it felt anyway, and I sensed that reaction in the rest of the audience, although, of course, that's just my subjective impression. According to Wikipedia, she teaches at Stanford.

I can see the similarities with that poem to "Quarantine" and like them for reasons you mentioned.

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matclone Olympic Champ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a long way from East Colorado Posts: 2,764 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournaments Won: 0	Re: Let no love poem ever come to this threshold. Your literary background amaze me Matclone. Thanks, PM-01. I don't think my literary knowledge is that great, especially not with respect to poets. But I did major in English and have probably retained a few things. How did your hearing her read come about? It must have been a moving experience. Drake University in Des Moines holds a poetry festival each Spring. About 7 or 10 years ago, I went to the one with Boland. Marvin Bell was another better known poet there and I bought one of his books. But the most memorable moment was her reading of "The Necessity for Irony" which I've posted here before. http://www.turksheadreview.com/libra...sityirony.html I'd not read it before. In reciting the poem, she's telling a story about her daughter who's grown-up now and is no longer beside her as she once had been, when the author was rummaging about for "beautiful things". When she did the last stanza, and the import of what was saying hit me, I think I fairly gasped, or that's it felt anyway, and I sensed that reaction in the rest of the audience, although, of course, that's just my subjective impression. According to Wikipedia, she teaches at Stanford. I can see the similarities with that poem to "Quarantine" and like them for reasons you mentioned. Last edited by matclone; 07-31-2007 at 07:23 PM..