Galway Kinnell died yesterday at 87. He was old enough to be my father (in fact, my father is a year older), but that's not why I'll miss him ( Read more... )

Today's poem is "Oatmeal," by Galway Kinnell, which you can read here. Four or five years ago, BD and I were lucky enough to be able to hear Kinnell read this poem, in the village hall in Glover, Vermont.

Yes, "Oatmeal" is funny, and hearing Kinnell read it is even funnier, because of his ability to pause at pregnant moments, or to draw out words ( Read more... )