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7/3/2020 2 Comments

Vital Memory

Continuing the focus on the work of Elizabeth Bishop, in his biography LOVE UNKNOWN Thomas Travisano brings out how an experience long past becomes the subject of a poem by Bishop appearing generations later. "In the Waiting Room," published in GEOGRAPHY III asserts:

                                       The waiting room was bright
                                        and too hot.  It was sliding
                                        beneath a big black wave,
                                        another, and another.

                                       Then I was back in it.
                                       The War was on.  Outside,
                                       in Worcester, Massachusetts,
                                       were night and slush and cold,
                                       and it was still the fifth
                                       of February, 1918.

​                                       Elizabeth Bishop
2 Comments
Amy Thompson
7/5/2020 12:07:03 pm

Another vivid poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Thank you for introducing her to your readers.

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Anne B
9/16/2020 07:43:13 pm

I think that memories become poetic; it takes such a long time to sort them out.

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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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