10/5/2021 3 Comments CelebrationFor expressing joy in the immediate a poem is a perfect vehicle. No matter the isolation, the hardship, the loss. such occasions occur. in his poem "Blackberry Eating," Galway Kinnell (1927-2014) expresses his encounter with blackberries. He writes that the blackberries he has picked in late September at breakfast "fall almost unbidden" to his "tongue/ as words sometimes do...
which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well in the silent, startled, icy, black language of blackberry eating in late September. Copyright 1980 by Galway Kinnell. From MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS (Mariner Books, 1980).
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Doris Wyatt
10/5/2021 03:20:20 pm
Galway Kinnell has great descriptive ability in this poem. He uses his senses to enable the reader to sense the emotions of the poem.
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Doris Wyatt
4/28/2022 03:38:55 pm
Galway had a great ability to enable people to use their senses in this poem, especially taste.
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Neva HerringtonNeva Herrington is a poet and former educator. She is currently working on a new book of poetry, a collection of short stories, and her memoir. Her inspiration comes from her own experience and the work of other poets. Archives
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