I know this poem well. What always gets me is the last couplet, the only two lines that rhyme in the whole poem. Is it harmony he is pointing at in the final lines?
Perhaps. But there was Jack Gilbert and Stanley Kunitz and Mary Oliver. They were powerful poets that came after Roethke. There was also Charles Simic, Mark Strand, Jim Harrison, and Bukowski. The barbarian poets during the San Fran scene in the 80s and 90s were also phenomenal albeit little known.
I know this poem well. What always gets me is the last couplet, the only two lines that rhyme in the whole poem. Is it harmony he is pointing at in the final lines?
the poem follows a rhyming scheme
in all four stanzas.
Lived it. Beautiful! Grandparents are a gift! 🙏❤️
This is fond memory? Or a different variation of the pirate humor, “The beatings will continue until morale improves?"
Yes!
One of my favs, but you've lost the stanza breaks!
I fixed it , thx.
One of my very very favorites
I love waltzing with my grandson.
Husband, Feather, Grandfather, seperated from loving wife, through Alzheimer's.
Looking out at the world through a childs eyes, full of wonder....
If you kind of " sing " this as you read. You will see the " room it takes place "
Hard, sweet and satisfying!
One of my favorites. Thank you for this.🙏
Grandchildren are a gift
Perhaps. But there was Jack Gilbert and Stanley Kunitz and Mary Oliver. They were powerful poets that came after Roethke. There was also Charles Simic, Mark Strand, Jim Harrison, and Bukowski. The barbarian poets during the San Fran scene in the 80s and 90s were also phenomenal albeit little known.