We are going to be too cumbrous if we try to conduct this entire discussion on one thread. So I am bumping John's Wild Immanuel to the top of the board. I have finally learned how to use SEARCH. John has a voice deeper and larger than any living poet I know. The initial draft of this poem was a politically correct disaster, and under enfilading fire from Alan and me, John retreated to the pursuit of the great trout. It was one of the greatest pieces of revision we ever saw at the deep end. I have brought this to the top so that people can read Dick Wilbur's comments, and my recollections of its composition.
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