General Poetry posted May 2, 2020 | Chapters: | ...11 12 -13- 14... |
free verse
A chapter in the book Carolina Pastorals
Land: Pt. 2; Groundwork
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This poem, the second of four in this little series entitled Land, is another that harkens back to my roots as a poet and the strong influence that Seamus Heaney had on shaping my aesthetic ideas about language and poetry. Technically it is along the lines of an ode, a narrative articulation of an admiration for a way of life. I wanted a conversational, contemporary language that would relate well to a broad, contemporary audience, with subtle intimations of music and rhythm undulating through it. Those who enjoy these might take a look into my port and go through my first book of poetry, Word Games, and read Strawberry Fields, Driftings, Wood Work and Renoir Impressions that were my first attempts along these lines of imitating what Heaney was doing at the time. It takes time to find one's own voice and develop one's own set of poetic conventions. Over the years, I think I grew into a more American style, with more American images, and an American sense of language. But the obvious impact of Heaney's work is there. Anyone interested in reading Seamus Heaney's work should check out Poems: 1965-1975, an anthology of his first four books, Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, and North. In it are his strongest pieces, I feel. But also check out Field Work and his great contemporary sonnet series, Glanmore Sonnets. estory
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