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One of Stanley Kunitz's greatest loves was gardening. "It's the way things are," he once said, "death and life inextricably bound to each other. One of my feelings about working the land is that I ...
8 de nov. de 2018 · An Unfolding Parable. by Stanley Kunitz. Third Annual New York/New Jersey Poetry Teachers Conference at Poets House, November 2, 1989. In bidding you welcome to our third annual conference at Poets House I should like to take advantage of the opportunity to comment on the importance of maintaining a dialogue between poets and teachers of poetry, with special reference to teachers of the young.
Stanley, who had come to Chautauqua to read at the age of 98, was interviewed on a local radio show. The interviewer had a list of prepared questions he was determined to ask, including this: “Mr. Kunitz, if you could be present at any three events in history, what would they be?”. Stanley said, “The creation.”.
Stanley Kunitz's exploration of death in his poetry is a testament to his mastery of the written word. His ability to confront and contemplate mortality allows readers to confront their own fears and find solace in the interconnectedness of life. Kunitz's poems are an invitation to embrace the impermanence of existence and cherish the profound ...
Remembering Stanley Kunitz. I first heard Stanley Kunitz read at San Francisco State University’s Poetry Center. At 78, and already our great elder, he read in what felt like the voice of a time before microphones, when amplification came from the body alone, and perhaps from the soul. “The Wellfleet Whale,” recently written, felt to me ...
Stanley Kunitz became the tenth Poet Laureate of the United States in the autumn of 2000. Kunitz was ninety-five years old at the time, still actively publishing and promoting poetry to new generations of readers.
Summary. 'The Portrait' by Stanley Kunitz gives heartbreaking insight into the cyclical nature of trauma within families. The speaker of ‘The Portrait’ opens with a dually shocking and profoundly depressing statement of fact: their mother has never forgiven their father for his suicide. From there, the speaker tries to explain why their ...
