Thanks to Jilly Dybka for the link to this lovely interview with W. S. Merwin, broadcast yesterday.
Thanks to Jilly Dybka for the link to this lovely interview with W. S. Merwin, broadcast yesterday.
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
Before I came here I was over at<BR/>Bill Knott’s where, among some of<BR/>his art works, are his definitions<BR/>of a socialist poet and a fascist<BR/>poet. Had some trouble hearing<BR/>Merwin, but the poems he read were<BR/>quiet and clear, and so by Knott’s<BR/>definition: Socialist.<BR/><BR/>My life, for all the poor choices<BR/>I have made, has not been totally<BR/>deranged, but. . . .<BR/>