Gregory,
That poem exemplifies nearly all the reasons I have for absolutely loving the poetry and mind of Anthony Hecht. His humanity and ability to enter into the centre of experiences and to become other people.
I saw a documentary the other day in which Arthur Miller described a man who had lost all hope and fortune in the Wall Street collapse. He had one phrase for everything: "Well say!" He could say it an infinite number of ways. As Arthur Miller told that story he became that man. Hecht shares this empathetic imagination. Oh, and he could write too.
Janet
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