Here’s the extended version from 1973, all ten minutes of it:
the studio version:
1959:
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Author: The Best American Poetry
Here’s the extended version from 1973, all ten minutes of it:
the studio version:
1959:
Go to Source
Author: The Best American Poetry
December 23, 2023 First, you will need to cross some dark threshold. I suggest lying on your back in a pasture of cut ryegrass or in a city park. I suggest planting an arm behind your head. You have inherited acres of a night sky and she is your aurora borealis and though you cannot…
Some say “familiarity breeds contempt.” But it can also feed forbearance And a certain kind of kindness. What was epiphany becomes assurance, And even a blessed bond of blindness. The sharp edges blur as the days all rush, Run and whir into weeks and months and years. Where did they all go? We wonder, Living…
Sometimes, when I’m reading a new collection of poetry, I think: For this poem alone, everyone should own this book. But this week, while reading January Gil O’Neil’s collection, Glitter Road, Kathleen McGookey’s Cloud Reports, and Philip Metres’ Fugitive/Refuge, I couldn’t find a favorite. Instead, I found many favorites. What I loved about all of…
Retired now, he’s half St. Francis every season of the year, putting out sunflower seed and safflower seed for bickering cardinals and jays, niger seed for the goldfinch mob, millet for the different sparrows, feeds feral cats at an early hour that eat and leave before the birds drop down. He and his wife go…
There I’ve said it People like me, not so sure I can say the same as a whole that is there are exceptions of people I like I suck at mingling going from person to person chit chat I do it and each time I marvel at my inability to do it well Give me…
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