Tag: William Blake
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* writing the woods with wislawa szymborska
In the summer course I’m teaching, we have been discussing ideas of writing as performance; that is, what gets going as soon as words are on the page. It’s similar to what William Stafford means when he says, “The moon you are describing is the one you are creating,” which I wrote about in a…
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* Mary Oliver, William Blake & the friday influence
Blake Dying – Mary Oliver He lay with the pearl of his life under the pillow. Space shone, cool and silvery, in the empty cupboards while he heard in the distance, he said, the angels singing. Now and again his white wrists rose a little above the white sheet. When death is about to happen…
The Friday Influence 