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Joan E. Bauer: For Auden — Circling Toward Home

Art, you claimed: born of humiliation.
You knew that early & you had the gift
of double focus, of seeing the world
with more than one lens.

August 14, 2019 · Leave a comment

Chard DeNiord: At Auden’s Grave, September 1, 2016

      “We must love one another or die.”   — W.H. Auden                                                             What caused you to think it was a lie, Old Master—that either/or that gave you pause in “September 1, … Continue reading

January 8, 2019 · 2 Comments

Doug Anderson: Sfumato

The wall crumbles and the world floods in. Put down my sword and shield. May you free fall into me. Of all the names for love, this. Da Vinci knew … Continue reading

October 6, 2018 · Leave a comment

Audio: ‘Musee de Beaux Arts’ read by W.H. Auden

About suffering they were never wrong,
The old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position

July 24, 2016 · 2 Comments

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