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Monthly Archives: August 2012
On an “Original Relation to the Universe”
“Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?” –from Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson On a short walk this morning†, I noticed that ghostly day-moon above me and began to think of those wonderful Stevens’ poems, where … Continue reading
Posted in Choosings & Leavings
Tagged Emerson, God, moon, nature, nature ralph waldo emerson, poets, ralph waldo emerson, universe, walking, walks, Wallace Stevens, zucchini, zucchini flowers
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On Poetry & Change
I fear that I’m not a very good friend sometimes. I can be thoughtless and absentminded, and even when I think to call the people I love–and I do love them–the phone seems suddenly to weigh ten tons, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Starting from Poetry
Tagged Auden, chance, Change, character, Emerson, family, fate, fortune, friendship, John Berryman, Love, luck, magnanimity, Poems, Poetry, shelter island, sore loser
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Adam Penna 