Elizabeth Bishop – US Represented

Kevin’s Favorite Poems, “Requiem,” Four More Gravestone Poems, “Gravy”

This is part of a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem, and other poems that speaks to, or resonate with, the first poem. This week’s poem is “Requiem,” written by Robert Louis Stevenson. This poem was carved into Stevenson’s gravestone. The line that attracted me was “Glad did I live and gladly die.” Some critics consider […]

Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems: “One Art,” “Do not go gentle into that good night,” and “Driven by Love”

Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By Kevin Arnold

This column’s primary poem is “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop, written in 1975. Although the first line of this poem is “The art of losing isn’t hard to master;” the same way Steven Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” isn’t about clowns, this isn’t about losing things, certainly not keys. Both follow Emily Dickinson’s edict: “Tell the

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