Kinnell, Galway 1999
Monday, November 15, 1999
In the evening
haze darkening on the hills,
purple of the eternal,
a last bird crosses over,
‘flop flop,’ adoring
only the instant.
– Galway Kinnell, “Another Night in the Ruins”
Listen to Galway Kinnell’s 1999 reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago:
Juniper and cedar in the sand.
The lake beyond, here deer-meat smoking
On a driftwood fire. And we two
Reaching each other by the wash of blue
On the warm sand together lying
As careless as water on the land.
– Galway Kinnell, “The Feast”
Listen to this Minnesota Public Radio interview with Galway Kinnell:
MPR: Poet Galway Kinnell reflects on mortality
‘Mortality makes everything worth more to us,’ says Galway Kinnell. In his 12 volumes of poetry, Kinnell, 78, has spent a lot of time writing about mortality.
