Pascoli's epigram seems to have been inspired by two ancient Greek sources: Scythian philosopher Anacharsis reportedly said that vines bore three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of disgust or repentance; and a character in a play by Athenian poet Eubulus recommends stopping after three glasses of wine: the first glass for health, the second for pleasure, and the third for sleep.
Geoffrey Brock on "Three Grapes" |
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Young Writers of Color Lead Poetry's New Golden Age
"Though poetry has always existed and experienced waves of acclaim, the genre is finding new prominence in today's mainstream collective imagination, stripping itself of its previous relegation to sleepy high school English classes. And, for the most part, poets of color are leading the charge."
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What Sparks Poetry:
G.C. Waldrep on Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "All Wild Animals Were Once Called Deer"
"It's not misdirection for art's sake; it's misdirection as mimesis, the mind's if not the external world's, the shared world's. Or maybe it is, as Kelly would perhaps have insisted, the shared world's way, after all. That, and the poem's music, which is the world's music, that goes on and on, and in which we are invited—really, commanded—to participate, for a little while." |
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