Double-talk or “Real” Talk: Considering the Villanelle & Pantoum with Dzvinia Orlowsky via Zoom
Double-talk or “Real” Talk: Considering the Villanelle & Pantoum with Dzvinia Orlowsky via Zoom
Polish poet and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz describes the act of the poet as a passionate pursuit of the real. Taking a close look at early as well as contemporary villanelles and pantoums, we will try to determine what separates the real from double-talk. Poems by Sylvia Plath, Theodore Roethke, Donald Justice, Rita Dove, Marilyn […]