Category Archives: poetry
A not admitting of the wound (1188) by Emily Dickinson : The Poetry Foundation
Do-rag by Phillip B. Williams : Poetry Magazine
Mary Kinzie’s Translation Notes on Rilke’s “Herbsttag”: Published by the Poetry Foundation
Poetry magazine : Published by the Poetry Foundation.
Her choice to translate “es ist Zeit. / Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren” to “it is time / to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials” demonstrates a digested control over her understanding of the poem, compared to Stephen Mitchell’s (masterful) translation of the same line to “it is time / Now overlap the sundials with your shadows”
I gather that she had a decided focus on the sonnet form and the metrical space of the poem that determined much of her choices and inventions in this refreshing translation.
Perhaps it’s time to change the blog title?
See her translation as published by The Poetry Foundation
Arise, Go Down by Li-Young Lee : The Poetry Foundation
All Hallows by Louise Glück : The Poetry Foundation
Silver Roses by Rachel Wetzsteon : Poetry Magazine
Silver Roses by Rachel Wetzsteon : Poetry Magazine.
“I relished trouser roles until I had / no petals left to strew.
Up, down the avenue / I wandered like a ghost, I wondered why / a miracle is always a mirage,”
Did she get this from Rilke’s “Autumn Day”?
Broken Promises by David Kirby : The Poetry Foundation
Stop the Milk / Poetry Off the Shelf : The Poetry Foundation
Stop the Milk / Poetry Off the Shelf : The Poetry Foundation.
I wish I had Black Aperature by Matt Rasmussen! What a brilliant poem. You can hear the years of honing and revising in this poem. You can hear the beauty and control in the work that’s been 10 years in the making.
Overlapping Sundials 