Hayden Carruth: A Major American Poet

Read this poem by Carruth and post comments regarding what you think Carruth is saying about poetry (because he really is talking about poetry):

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by Hayden Carruth


The great poems of
our elders in many
tongues we struggled

to comprehend who
are now content with
mystery simple

and profound you
in the night your
breath your body

orbit of time and
the moment you
Phosphorus and

Hesper a dark circle
of fertility so
bloodthirsty for us

you in the world
the night breathing
asleep and alive.

Then follow this link to read about Hayden Carruth and be ready for a quiz on this remarkable poet (you will have to copy/paste the link into your browser's address bar):

http://poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/232



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