Poetry for Pleasure in the Spring, with Barry Wallenstein

Poetry for Pleasure in the Spring, with Barry Wallenstein
March 26, 2024 @ 1:00-2:15pm

These lectures with discussion will involve close readings of poems – classic, modern, and contemporary. Our aim is to listen to the sound poems make. What makes a successful language performance? We will discuss these works’ emotional truth, unity of expression, and attention-holding, pleasure-providing use of language. Barry is the author of 12 collections of poetry, most recently It’s About Time, as well as Time on the Move and Tony’s Blues (bilingual French and English).

Here is the poetry book for the semester:   CLICK HERE
  
Our first class on Mar 26, we'll discuss the poems on these pages:

• The poetry book’s cover
• The Peace Prayer of St. Frances – p.5
• Sheep in Winter by John Claire – p.9
• A Winter Blue Jay by Sara Teasdale – p. 13
• The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats – p.17
• Gravity in Jerusalem by Arthur Russell – pp. 66-67
• The Opposite House by Robert Lowell – p. 33