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33. Melvilles Lyrik
Zu den merkwürdigsten Phänomenen der amerikanischen Literatur zählt das Spätwerk Herman Melvilles. Nach den finanziellen Misserfolgen seiner heute berühmten, damals jedoch weitgehend verschmähten Romane war Melville gezwungen, einen schlechtbezahlten Posten als Zollinspektor im New Yorker Hafen anzunehmen. Er wandte sich nun verstärkt der lyrischen… Continue Reading „33. Melvilles Lyrik“
19. American Life in Poetry: Column 470
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Considering that I’m a dog lover, I haven’t included nearly enough dog poems in this column. My own dog, Howard, now in his dotage, has never learned a trick of any kind, nor learned to behave, so I… Continue Reading „19. American Life in Poetry: Column 470“
6. Poets‘ graves
PORTLAND, Maine — A poet and filmmaker plans to visit and film more than 80 poets‘ graves in 11 western states in the coming months. Freeport resident Walter Skold, a 53-year-old former middle school computer teacher, said the journey will bring his total number… Continue Reading „6. Poets‘ graves“
106. American Life in Poetry: Column 469
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE The love between parents can be wonderful and mysterious to their children. Robert Hedin, a Minnesota poet and the director of The Anderson Center at Tower View in Red Wing, does a fine job of capturing some of… Continue Reading „106. American Life in Poetry: Column 469“
75. American Life in Poetry: Column 468
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Here’s another lovely poem to honor the caregivers among us. Amy Fleury lives and teaches in Louisiana. Ablution Because one must be naked to get clean, my dad shrugs out of his pajama shirt, steps from his boxers… Continue Reading „75. American Life in Poetry: Column 468“
66. American Life in Poetry: Column 466
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Li-Young Lee is an important American poet of Chinese parentage who lives in Chicago. Much of his poetry is marked by unabashed tenderness, and this poem is a good example of that. I Ask My Mother to Sing… Continue Reading „66. American Life in Poetry: Column 466“
62. American Life in Poetry: Column 465
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE One of the founders of modernist poetry, Ezra Pound, advised poets and artists to “make it new.” I’ve never before seen a poem about helping a tree shake the snow from itself, and I like this one by… Continue Reading „62. American Life in Poetry: Column 465“
59. American Life in Poetry: Column 464
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE We human beings think we’re pretty special when compared to the “lower” forms of life, but now and then nature puts us in our place. Here’s an untitled short poem by Jonathan Greene, who lives in the outer… Continue Reading „59. American Life in Poetry: Column 464“
54. American Life in Poetry: Column 463
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE This touching poem by Dan Gerber, who lives in California, captures the memory of a father’s advice, but beneath the practical surface of that advice we can sense a great deal of emotion, which shows through a little… Continue Reading „54. American Life in Poetry: Column 463“
45. American Life in Poetry: Column 462
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE This year’s brutal winter surely calls for a poem such as today’s selection, a peek at the inner workings of spring. Susan Kelly-DeWitt lives and teaches in Sacramento. Apple Blossoms One evening in winter when nothing has been… Continue Reading „45. American Life in Poetry: Column 462“
41. American Life in Poetry: Column 461
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE So much of what we learn about life comes from exchanging stories, and this poem by a Californian, Peter Everwine, portrays that kind of teaching. I love the moment where he says he doesn’t know if the story… Continue Reading „41. American Life in Poetry: Column 461“
32. American Life in Poetry: Column 460
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE My parents didn’t live long enough to be confronted with the notion of paying for a bottle of water. They’d be horrified. Pay for water? Who ever heard of such a thing? Well . . . Here’s a… Continue Reading „32. American Life in Poetry: Column 460“
14. Verfälscht
Die deutsche Charles-Bukowski-Gesellschaft hält viele Texte, die nach dem Tod des Autors veröffentlicht wurden, für stark verfälscht. Das sagte der Vorsitzende der Gesellschaft, der sich Roni nennt, dem Evangelischen Pressedienst. Es handele sich dabei nicht um kleinere Korrekturen, sondern um wesentliche Änderungen in Stil,… Continue Reading „14. Verfälscht“
13. Mr. Bukauski
Der „New Yorker“, die amerikanische Zeitschrift für den kulturellen Feingeist, wunderte sich. Da gäbe es lyrische Preisträger wie Howard Nemerov oder Amy Clampitt. Und man könne von Glück sagen, wenn man in einem Buchladen das eine oder andere ihrer Werke fände. Völlig anders dagegen… Continue Reading „13. Mr. Bukauski“
3. American Life in Poetry: Column 459
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE One of our first columns, published in 2005, had to do with a pair of high-heeled red shoes, and some trouble they brewed up, and now, at last, we have a pink pantsuit to go along with those… Continue Reading „3. American Life in Poetry: Column 459“
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