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
Every poem a
gift
wisely wrapped
by a department
store professional —
smartly creased
corners
and hand-curled bows
doing nothing to
disguise
the rotten meat in
every box.
– Brian Beatty
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Brian's recent collections of poetry are Dust and Stars: Miniatures and Brazil, Indiana.
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I've always felt a certain affinity with Plath and her work. Early in my writing career I published a story in Seventeen magazine, where she interned in her youth. I've also found myself, more than once, wondering why anybody goes on or chooses not to. Her death was a nearly immeasurable loss to American poetry. Where her work would've gone we'll never know.
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