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Delmore

Delmore Schwartz T'was said, "He cavorts!" A career much too short, But still the greatest of poets!

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Nancy Kaufman

Date: 4/12/2023 6:57:00 AM

I appreciate this intro to Delmore and will enjoy reading his work. Have a blessed day.

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 4/12/2023 6:16:00 PM

I hope you love it, too! Elizabeth

Timothy Ray

Date: 3/30/2023 6:39:00 PM

thank you for the heads up....wow...i am not going further than to say...the parallels are enlightening....again thank you

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 3/31/2023 1:19:00 AM

Glad you had a look. I keep finding a seemingly simple phrase that is unique. elizabeth

Elizabeth Mccann

Date: 3/30/2023 12:43:00 AM

Thanks, Gary! I discovered him only recently but am so impressed I had to let our important fellows know! Elizabeth

Gary Radice

Date: 3/30/2023 12:08:00 AM

Having read this I was intrigued enough to find out more about Delmore. I read "The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me" a brilliant poem in which the poet seems at odds with his body and his mind; possibly as a result of his mental health issues or his insecurities. Thanks for posting Elizabeth. I'm a convert. Cheers - Gary

Elizabeth Mccann

Date: 3/24/2023 3:58:00 PM

Thank you for the note, Andrea. I had only recently found Delmore and was anxious to have everybody have a look! His choice of words is always simple but profound. Elizabeth

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/24/2023 12:09:00 PM

Dang I don't even know of him, but I like this

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 3/16/2023 3:42:00 AM

yet, this one above all I write below. "Apollo Musagete, Poetry, and the Leader of the Muses", Delmore Schwartz.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/16/2023 4:07:00 AM

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42644/the-foggy-foggy-blue

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 3/16/2023 3:06:00 AM

This is the way it goes. I do not think this is quaint. "Schwartz died of a heart attack in the Columbia Hotel. For three days no one came to claim his body. His friends, who reported that Schwartz had dropped out of sight for a year prior to his death, learned of his death by reading the obituaries."

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 3/16/2023 1:23:00 PM

Very good biography by James Atlas: Delmore Schwartz' The life of an American Poet. Elizabeth

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/16/2023 3:32:00 AM

I have never read this poet. Thank you Mme McCann. These three, "Chaplin Upon the Cliff Dining Alone";"At a Solemn Musick"; "Narcissus"... this poet is prolific in mind, all of his poems, read tonight, but more than likely, raised eyebrows and turned backs in his early writings. I note with elation he did win a prestigous writing prize and had books published. When you get down to the roots of it all, it's not about the competition. It's about the giving (of oneself, which is a huge risk, when further thought is given). It's all a club when you get down to the baseline. Politics and lobbying. Publishing. His thoughts from mind (and higher self) produced such beautiful poetry. Sublime yet surreal. The reality is his demise. This is very sad, yet oh so very real. Thank you for the direction poet McCann and thank you with respect, poet Delmore Schwartz.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/16/2023 3:13:00 AM

This - "Ashbery noted that, “the circumstances of Delmore’s childhood and later life would be continually recalled in his writing, which is, in a sense, one vast mythification of himself and his family.” Schwartz’s dense, even nightmarish, idioms and topographies drew comparisons to Rimbaud and Baudelaire". xx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 3/16/2023 3:00:00 AM

Quaint verse.

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 3/16/2023 1:19:00 PM

Ah, Victor, sometimes one must be absurd to seize and direct the attention. Elizabeth

Elizabeth Mccann

Date: 3/15/2023 8:41:00 PM

Thanks, Gersh! A personal choice, I guess. (But then, nobody else really is Gershon either!) Elizabeth

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/18/2023 8:34:00 PM

Yes. George Gershwin wanted to be, but apparently couldn't spell. lol. Happiness always, Gershon

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/15/2023 7:26:00 PM

My curiosity was piqued. After reading a couple of Delmore's poems, all my adrenaline had leaked. (Hmm. I'm no Delmore Schwartz, am I?).