The poem is from "Behold," a forthcoming collection centered on my relationship to visual art and conversations with specific works of art and artists. “Wilding” resulted from my visit to the MFA in Boston in October 2023—from viewing the two works noted in the epigraph, which were displayed in close proximity to one another, and what that sparked in me.
Shara McCallum on "Wilding" |
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Calling all Poetry Daily readers in the Washington DC Metro region
"Join acclaimed author Moriel Rothman-Zecher for an engaging reading and discussion of his novel, Sadness is a White Bird. Rothman-Zecher will share insights into his writing process and discuss themes explored in the novel, along with his broader body of work that continues to captivate readers and critics alike." |
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"Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies"
"His subjects were consequential—love, nature and the nature of man—but Mr. Longley’s poems could have hardly been less Homeric in length. 'Ceasefire,' for example, unspools in 14 trim lines: three quatrains and a couplet....'He was interested in being concise, and a number of his poems are not much more than four lines. He may have been slightly out of the mainstream in that regard. But that was his ideal: the little poem. Something like scrimshaw—the brief, imagistic poem.'"
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What Sparks Poetry: Rowan Ricardo Phillips on Drafts
"Each stage of the poem’s evolution reshaped its engagement with inherited forms. The invocation, the sound patterns, even the omission of forbidden—each choice was informed by an ongoing dialogue with Milton’s legacy. Yet through this recursive process, the poem became its own. The recursive act of writing allowed me to rework Milton’s themes of creation and rebellion through a contemporary lens, tracing a poetic lineage that spans from the epic tradition to the fractured rhythms of modern music." |
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