A Probably Wrong and Definitely Too Brief Analysis
Tag: death & dying
Day 27: Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
Like Plath, I’ve made some terrible relationship decisions (though none so bad as marrying Ted Hughes).
Day 24: Les Trois Oiseaux by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
I can’t believe how well this poem addresses the themes in our novel.
Day 22: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell
It is a brutal and necessary read.
Day 13: The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
So is it weird that this poem reminds me of my mom?
Day 7: ‘Out, Out–‘ by Robert Frost AND a Soliloquy from Shakespeare
It’s a very fancy way of saying, “Well, life’s pretty stupid, in’it?”
Day 4: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (1990) I wasn’t much into nature poems when I was a youthful hooligan, but Mary Oliver ushered me into them, and… Read more “Day 4: The Summer Day by Mary Oliver”
Day 3: I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra by Ishmael Reed
It’s a circle, see.
Day 2: Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney
Opinion: blackberries are the most poetic fruit.
Day 1: The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
There’s really no way to start an April of poetry other than with T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land. “
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