I wouldn’t write at
all if it weren’t for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was
possible. The poems of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks,
to those muses. – Brian Beatty
Donald Hall
I still imagine you living
stuffed full of hay and old money
and fear of white apples
out in some weird ivy league barn
torn from the pages
of the latest L.L. Bean catalog.
– Brian Beatty
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Donald Hall gave a reading for the English department of my undergrad. I noticed right away a sophistication that seemed light years beyond anything I'd ever seen from any of the professors of this Indiana state school. I realized later he'd taken the gig for the money.
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