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Tyger! (And I Don’t Mean the Golfer)
I’ve always wondered about “The Tyger.” Blake’s poems were published not as stand-alone verses but as parts of drawings—”illuminated” poems. Each copy of Songs of Experience, for example, was hand-engraved, hand-printed, and hand-colored. I’ve included a page from one of the surviving copies. Note, first of all, that the tiger does not look fierce but almost cuddly. Second, note that it is pictured in a frame—a frame created, of course, by William Blake.Read More
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. 
