I am here sitting in a field of green my hair a blanket surrounds me
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I am here sitting in a field of green my hair a blanket surrounds me
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John Leonard, who died Nov. 5 [2008] at age 69, was a dizzyingly inspirational critic. Lots of people are going to write appreciations of his extraordinary body of literary criticism, and although I am here to speak for his television criticism, I will inevitably include some of Leonard’s observations about books, because for him, one…
Lost and alone No one to turn to Homeless, on the Street An abundance of Friends, acquaintances Came and went Old haunts became Mere streets, Cities became blurred Lost in a haze Hostels became one Unloved, always seen, Yet never looked Upon. The post Imagine Being Me | Chris Byrne appeared first on Best Poetry….
You pondered Day after day Knock, knock, knock! The shell was too hard to break Down inside the wrinkles of my crust Someone had engraved With countless unpleasant traits Then in a very flipping moment They turned into my incredible veins becoming darker and darker But I didn’t expect that I would fall in love…
Bob Gottlieb, a New Yorker who edited The New Yorker, died the other day, just a fortnight after he had turned 92. He made his name as a book editor, first at Simon & Schuster, then at Knopf, where he was editor-in-chief. He was also an author, a dance and book critic, a father, a…
Antigone Against brutal Creon,doll establishesfugitive greatness.His internaljustice, knowledgelaw mean nothing,only piety.Questing revenge,she triumphs,uttering virginalwounds extravagant,yearning’s zenith. See also https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2023/01/the-tears-of-antigone-an-astrological-profile-by-david-lehman.html Related Stories “Death, the Theory” [by David Lehman] Go to Source Author: The Best American Poetry
The vivacious Caroline Seebohm at Oxford, circa 1961. Related Stories Attention Internet Editors: Please Credit Your Sources Correctly! [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman] Go to Source Author: The Best American Poetry