Wonderful interview. I really enjoyed listening to her creative process and following how the collections came to be. Beautiful, sensitive poems. Thank you for sharing. Beverly George
I like the idea of gravity as a capricious god, even if we know that gravity is absolutely predictable (see NASA’s recent Dimorphos mission).
Maybe what makes gravity seem so capricious is that it appears to treat everyone differently, even treats species differently. Witness a cat leaping effortlessly and silently up onto a table, almost floating, a distance perhaps five times its height or more. Whereas without our machines we’re bound to earth, plus or minus a bit with a grunt, and we don’t always land on our feet.
I like the endings to the 3 poems she reads. No phony drama or rhetoric, they just calmly stop:
“The song I can almost recall the lyrics to.”
“But unable to recall what any of it is for.”
“Even as they land and settle in high branches.”
Seems as though there’s also a theme of unknowing or uncertainty in those endings.
And nice to hear how she honors the line break in the 3rd poem’s “dying / of laughter.”
One of my favorite things to do Sunday morning is read Poet to Poet - and what a treat to have a video interview with Rebecca Aronson, whose book, Ghost Child of the Atalanta Bloom is one of my favorite of the books of poems I've read in 2022. I'll be ordering Anchor from my local bookstore (Prairie Lights) soon.
Radha - another great interview, filled with insights about putting a manuscript together. Making me think about what is connecting the work I'm doing now.
I so appreciate connecting here again, while out of the country. Thank you for keeping these important conversations rolling, Radha! Every one speaks to the work I am doing.
Not only do I know and love Rebecca's poetry and the new book Anchor, but I enjoyed hearing about her process, especially about how this book's themes emerged, and about how she gets work done in her busy life. I too like greater or larger formal constraints when I'm stuck. Thanks Rebecca and Radha!
Wonderful interview. I really enjoyed listening to her creative process and following how the collections came to be. Beautiful, sensitive poems. Thank you for sharing. Beverly George
I like the idea of gravity as a capricious god, even if we know that gravity is absolutely predictable (see NASA’s recent Dimorphos mission).
Maybe what makes gravity seem so capricious is that it appears to treat everyone differently, even treats species differently. Witness a cat leaping effortlessly and silently up onto a table, almost floating, a distance perhaps five times its height or more. Whereas without our machines we’re bound to earth, plus or minus a bit with a grunt, and we don’t always land on our feet.
I like the endings to the 3 poems she reads. No phony drama or rhetoric, they just calmly stop:
“The song I can almost recall the lyrics to.”
“But unable to recall what any of it is for.”
“Even as they land and settle in high branches.”
Seems as though there’s also a theme of unknowing or uncertainty in those endings.
And nice to hear how she honors the line break in the 3rd poem’s “dying / of laughter.”
One of my favorite things to do Sunday morning is read Poet to Poet - and what a treat to have a video interview with Rebecca Aronson, whose book, Ghost Child of the Atalanta Bloom is one of my favorite of the books of poems I've read in 2022. I'll be ordering Anchor from my local bookstore (Prairie Lights) soon.
Radha - another great interview, filled with insights about putting a manuscript together. Making me think about what is connecting the work I'm doing now.
Many thanks.
I really appreciate this interview. It made me think about theme and process and encouraged me to leave time each day for a poem to begin.
I so appreciate connecting here again, while out of the country. Thank you for keeping these important conversations rolling, Radha! Every one speaks to the work I am doing.
Not only do I know and love Rebecca's poetry and the new book Anchor, but I enjoyed hearing about her process, especially about how this book's themes emerged, and about how she gets work done in her busy life. I too like greater or larger formal constraints when I'm stuck. Thanks Rebecca and Radha!