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5/24/2020 3 Comments

Undervalued

Though considered to be undervalued in America, Peter Kane Dufault found enthusiastic support for his poetry in Ireland and England.
I discovered his work many years ago in The New Yorker  and had the good luck to meet him in the home of a niece in Hillsdale, New York.  His comprehensive view; the world, nature, political questions not excluded, the music and humor in  his superbly crafted verse  deserve the attention of anyone for whom poetry is indispensable.  In this period of forced isolation his poems offer a release.    In the last stanza of four in his poem "Things at a distance,"   he asks:
                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                            "Why is it we leave always
                                                                                              what we love the most?" The thought
                                                                                               so far from the sick heart
                                                                                               of the case, can become art;
                                                                                               God knows, the good byes were not.
                                                                                                In distance.  Distance.  Grace.

                                                                                                Copyright 1993  by Peter Kane Dufault  
                                                                                                  New Things Come Into the World
                                                                                                  Lindisfarne Press
3 Comments
Doris C. Wyatt link
5/29/2020 02:59:46 pm

DeFault has relevance as we proceed through life.
We change ourselves and therefore our values relate to different things as life goes by.
Thank you, Neva, for drawing attention to the "Undervalued" that DeFault recognizes.

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Anne-B
6/2/2020 10:58:15 am

This is a perfect poem for now, not that loss and distance are ever far from human minds.
In such tightly constructed, crystalline statements of an idea, PKD is the master.
What would he write today?

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Dana Greene
6/5/2020 12:04:49 pm

Dear Neva, Thank you for reclaiming and introducing us to lesser known poets. What treasures they are! Dana

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    Neva Herrington

    Neva 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.

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