late 70s/early 80s artists...much more conflicted
― Eazy, Sunday, 21 September 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
wait Eazy what meter is that poem in
― J0hn D., Sunday, 21 September 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
Over my head, I see the bronze butterflyAsleep on the black trunk,Blowing like a leaf in green shadow.Down the ravine behind the empty house,The cowbells follow one anotherInto the distances of the afternoon.To my right,In a field of sunlight between two pines,The droppings of last year's horsesBlaze up into golden stones.I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.I have wasted my life.
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OK, OK, not meter.
― Eazy, Sunday, 21 September 2008 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I wrote my undergrad thesis on Carver (as well as David Mamet and Susan Rothenberg, two other late-70s/early-80s who made a similar major shift in their work from fragmented essentialism to a fuller, connection-based style),
It's interesting how James Wright's development was in the other direction, no?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 21 September 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
His line breaks are so perfect, he just holds ideas an arms length away from each other, like here:
I could gladly lie down and sleep forever beside this road
― I know, right?, Sunday, 21 September 2008 22:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I admire Carver but he's too depressing to compel me to spend a lot of time with him.
― calstars, Monday, 22 September 2008 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
READ IT ALL!
― I know, right?, Sunday, 21 September 2008 10:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
OTM
― Yonder Mountain Zing Band (Tape Store), Saturday, 24 April 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link