Reality intervenes in the next two stanzas. The use of ‘native’ here recalls the sound of ‘fatal’ from the previous stanza, which might suggest that our very origins are bound up with our ...
In the first two stanzas, Paterson describes his son, Jamie, drawing the universe. The opening line is a striking beginning, as it suggests that Jamie has taken on a mammoth task, but also that in ...
Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.