Kenneth Koch’s Melancholy

To My Heart at the Close of DayAt dusk light you come to batAs George Trakl might put it. How … More

Poetry and 9/11

I am a little late in writing these reflections prompted by the tenth anniversary of 9/11. What I want to … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More