http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-filling-stations/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:37:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-filling-stations/#comment-1240 Alicia (AE) Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:25:13 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=451#comment-1240 I adore Plath's "Metaphors", though I do think she tips her hand a bit when she says "a cow in calf". That might be another discussion--lines in good or great poems you wish you could tweak! I adore Plath’s “Metaphors”, though I do think she tips her hand a bit when she says “a cow in calf”. That might be another discussion–lines in good or great poems you wish you could tweak!

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-filling-stations/#comment-1239 Rigoberto Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:20:03 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=451#comment-1239 "Diving Into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich. But let me explain: the first time I came across this poem was in an SAT test in high school. I had no idea what this poem was about so I knew for sure I had failed that part of the test--the explication of a poem--miserably. Since then, I have come to appreciate and admire this poem (and many others by this poet). I had the same encounter with Sylvia Plath's "Metaphor." There it was, a puzzle in a textbook I couldn't crack. And when I finally did, years later, I was pleasantly surprised by the spill of the inventive language of poetry. “Diving Into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich. But let me explain: the first time I came across this poem was in an SAT test in high school. I had no idea what this poem was about so I knew for sure I had failed that part of the test–the explication of a poem–miserably. Since then, I have come to appreciate and admire this poem (and many others by this poet). I had the same encounter with Sylvia Plath’s “Metaphor.” There it was, a puzzle in a textbook I couldn’t crack. And when I finally did, years later, I was pleasantly surprised by the spill of the inventive language of poetry.

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