Louise gluck

Louise Gluck Snowdrops

“Louise Glück, always & forever”

The book Wild Iris by Louise Glück is a brilliant collection of poems. Inside are persona poems, told from the perspective of poppies, violets, etc. Some of the poems are matins, or prayers. It is as if Glück is throwing her voice. There are prayers, and sometimes there is a creator who replies. The effect is stereophonic, the voices from low to high, from earth to gardener to sky. More information: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/louise-gl%C3%BCck Article about her work…

You may have read this past week that once again I have not won the Nobel Prize for Literature. I’m getting used to it. My hopes are diminishing. I’ve never liked committees and have been surprised on the rare occasions they have given me awards. I’ve even considered refusing to accept them, but that seems churlish and it is interesting to get a rare glimpse into other worlds. The Nobel Prize went to an American woman, Louise Gluck, of whom I did not know. That’s fair because I am reasonably…