I spent today trying to catch up with the online poetry course I signed up for. I like Robert Pinsky’s approach and the mail carrier brought the book I’d been waiting for this and I ripped open the packaging and started reading in the driveway.<\/p>\n
I’m going to risk it all by typing out this poem for my anthology, which is part of the course assignment! Love this poem on oh so many levels.<\/p>\n
To Waken an Old Lady<\/p>\n
Old age is
\na flight of small
\ncheeping birds
\nskimming
\nbare trees
\nabove a snow glaze.
\nGaining and failing
\nthey are buffeted
\nby a dark wind\u2014\u2014
\nBut what?
\nOn harsh weedstalks
\nthe flock has rested\u2014\u2014
\nthe snow
\nis covered with broken
\nseed husks
\nand the wind tempered
\nwith a shrill
\npiping of plenty.<\/p>\n\u2014\u2014 William Carlos Williams<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We’re using Singing School, Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters<\/strong> by Robert Pinsky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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