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Friday, June 28, 2013

Caught, between the woods and frozen lake--

I would share this online video, but as it is a copyright violation, I am hesitant to share it here. At any rate, I think the composer's tribute is a worthy restoration of a poem made trite through too much exposure. It brings back all the original uncanniness and mental flickering of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Although Frost hated the result the first time his work was set to music, I can't help but think this piece would give him pleasure: the original version of Sleep by Eric Whitacre with the Concordia Choir.

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SEREN OF THE WILDWOOD (Wiseblood Books, 2023)
CHARIS IN THE WORLD OF WONDERS (Ignatius Press, 2020)
THE BOOK OF THE RED KING (Phoenicia Publishing, 2019)
MAZE OF BLOOD (Mercer University Press, 2015)
GLIMMERGLASS (Mercer University Press, 2014)
THALIAD (Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012)
THE FOLIATE HEAD (UK: Stanza Press, 2012)
A DEATH AT THE WHITE CAMELLIA ORPHANAGE (Mercer University Press, 2012)
THE THRONE OF PSYCHE (Mercer University Press, 2011)
VAL/ORSON (UK: P. S. Publishing, 2009)
INGLEDOVE (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005)
CLAIRE (Louisiana State University Press - Poetry Series, 2003)
THE CURSE OF THE RAVEN MOCKER (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003)
THE WOLF PIT (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001)
CATHERWOOD (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996)
LITTLE JORDAN (David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995)

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Caught, between the woods and frozen lake--