Archive for October 11th, 2007

Nemerov’s “Elegy for a Nature Poet”

Thursday, October 11th, 2007
If the previous volume saw a sudden introduction of poems about nature, the early ‘60’s saw a sudden increase in humorous poems. In fact, humor, bordering on sarcasm and cynicism become prominent in The Next Room of the Dream (1962). This one is probably my favorite for rather obvious reasons: ELEGY FOR A NATURE POET It was [...]