A poetry conversation with Chained Muse’s David Gosselin and Versecraft’s Elijah Blumov. On narrative poetry, where patronage comes from, and more. Poetry by Wilbur, Robinson, Stallings, and Carter.
You give so much insight in all you do whether it's reading, being interviewed, sharing perspective, analysis. Your posts could be curated into a book!
Carter’s “The Gleaning” is in his second book, After the Rain (1993). In a blurb on the back, Gioia places the book in the tradition of Frost. And certainly this poem, of a class of poems I might term “everyday tragedies,” hearkens back to Frost’s terrifying “‘Out, Out—’.”
The highlight of After the Rain is the 17-page “Barn Siding”: another accident, another story.
You give so much insight in all you do whether it's reading, being interviewed, sharing perspective, analysis. Your posts could be curated into a book!
Carter’s “The Gleaning” is in his second book, After the Rain (1993). In a blurb on the back, Gioia places the book in the tradition of Frost. And certainly this poem, of a class of poems I might term “everyday tragedies,” hearkens back to Frost’s terrifying “‘Out, Out—’.”
The highlight of After the Rain is the 17-page “Barn Siding”: another accident, another story.
Thank you for this! In the Reaper book I dint think it mentioned where the poem came from. I’ll try to track down the collection! 🙏
Yes, in the acknowledgments, it says that "The Gleaning" and 4 other poems were originally published in The Reaper.
Thank you so much, Ethan! I think we covered a lot of things I was not expecting to.