Sophie Cabot Black: una lezione di poesia

La poetessa Sophie Cabot Black discute di due sue poesie con Rebecca Foresman. Vi invito a leggere l'articolo, perché è interessante.

I’m fascinated by the way you manage to invoke the infamous Jersey turnpike with ecumenical language. Take the opening lines of the first stanza: Three miles off the interstate is whatever
Heaven might be to those who dream
Of a better return.

... these poems appeal to an element of the American psyche that stretches back to Plymouth Rock: I stake a claim in my land, defend it, grow it, and thereby steer my own destiny. It’s basic, bold tenet of the American Dream: venture capital and real estate are means for spiritual exploration and existential validation. newyorker.