Nicole

I lived with deep roots once:
Have I forgotten their ways —
The gradual embrace
Of lichen around stones?
–Roethke, “Plaint”

For all the Russian literature I’ve studied, and the amount of time I devote to Blok, my strongest emotional attachments are to American poets (and the occasional Briton). I know I’ve posted plenty of Roethke here in the past, and truth be told, I should have done an English master’s and written about him. Would have been far easier in several respects.

When I was in college, Continue Reading »