Unmanageable as history: these
Followers of Tammuz to the land
That offered no return, where dust
Grew thick on every bolt and door. And so the world
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My first thuoght was that this work resembled Anne Sexton's, another wonderful American poet from that same era. Notably because he mentions a psychiatric ward - and I found the same confessional type essence that Anne often used. He seems to be confessing his feelings - more to himself than his love. But it is a deeply dark love, an insurmountable, fatalistic yet fantastic love. How beautiful, I thought, that love could be so encompassing. Then I read Weldon's biography. Thank you Poemhunter for bringing this wonderful artist to my attention. I am so humbled to read this gentleman's work.
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My first thuoght was that this work resembled Anne Sexton's, another wonderful American poet from that same era. Notably because he mentions a psychiatric ward - and I found the same confessional type essence that Anne often used. He seems to be confessing his feelings - more to himself than his love. But it is a deeply dark love, an insurmountable, fatalistic yet fantastic love. How beautiful, I thought, that love could be so encompassing. Then I read Weldon's biography. Thank you Poemhunter for bringing this wonderful artist to my attention. I am so humbled to read this gentleman's work.