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I read Marathon by Louise Gluck yesterday, and Part 7, The First Goodbye gave me the #sameenergy as the song Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac. Since it's #tuesdaytunes, I wanted to share.

Audio of Part 7 The Last Goodbye: https://poets.org/poem/first-goodbye-marathon-audio-only

Video of a performance of Silver Springs: https://youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?si=3YriUvWx_w0qpvsm

I love this collection for a few reasons. 1. This should be taught in place of Emily Dickinson‘s little innuendo poems, because all of these are far more clever (in my opinion). 2. How beautifully arranged it is! Including the Nôm alphabet that the poet originally wrote in, modern Vietnamese text, and English translations side by side. So beautiful to see the language change shape like this.

Pardon my planner‘s language and my horrid handwriting 😂 but getting a few days head start on the February reading list. I‘ve mapped out my TBR pile over the next few months - and made my goal for January! Starting off with some poetry, and ending with poet-and-essayist Clint Smith‘s new book, How The Word Is Passed. Wish me luck!

As the poems show, death was again beckoning seductively, but superficially Sylvia was still vivacious and full of plans for the future.

Ch 13, "In Devon" p 168

#currentlyreading #SylviaPlath #poets #womenpoets #nonfiction #nonfictionnerd

I noticed the sexual references in some of the poetry, but others I had to read the translator's notes. Because the native language could mean two separate things, but the way Hô Xuân Huong wrote it, physically, it was sexual which is marvelous because she was a concubine in the early 1800s. I just thought most of it lovely.

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Gluck's debut collection is brimming with life and fervor, encompassing everything about life from the everyday to the mythic, history, hope, and horror. She is clearly experimenting with form and language and it is an important book in the development of this amazing poet.

#MagicalMay Day 26: #Flames is mentioned in Russian poet Anna Akhmatova‘s poem which I featured for Poetry Friday here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-3jN - tagged book is one of my most precious poetry books.

So apt for this time of year. “Spring is purple jewelry” 😍

Venus in the spotlight.

Prompted me to pull down tagged book — will share a poem from it next.