Bravo — this is the kind of poetry entry I aspire to.
The Lumber Room is now added to the blogroll on the basis of this evocative introduction to a lesser-known poet.
Also, when reading about him in my copy of Lives of the Poets, by Micheal Schmidt, it leads to a new word for me: rebarbative, the subject of an upcoming post. (I have nothing to add to the summary of Hart Crane’s life in the link above).
Thank you. Always most pleasing to encounter other lovers of Crane.
Not a lover, exactly. Some of his poetry doesn’t appeal at all… but there are some thought-provoking, beautiful bits as well. The line I quoted for example — who amongst us hasn’t been in a place where even a sparrow wind would knock our mind off balance?