Mark Strand Poetry Craft Lecture | Sewanee Writers' Conference

Poetry faculty Mark Strand gives a craft lecture at the 2013 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

[@TockTockTock]

One of my favorite poets of all time. Brilliant and underrated man.

[@TheStaniz]

Thank you, Mr. Stand, for all you taught me during our years together, still the greatest blessing of my writing life. John Stanizzi

[@Froggyjtgg]

In The Middle Of The Road
In the middle of the road there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
there was a stone
in the middle of the road there was a stone.
Never should I forget this event
in the life of my fatigued retinas.
Never should I forget that in the middle of the road
there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
in the middle of the road there was a stone.
-the Bishop translation

[@timothyjacobs8025]

I love this guys poetry.

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

Clint should play this guy.

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

Awesome lecture!!

[@ashleycarroll504]

It would be funny if the stone was Carlos’ eye’s iris or pupil which had red, tired lines attached to either side of it. And he just looked in the mirror, thought it looked like a stone in the middle of a red road, and wrote a poem. 😅

[@judymoskowitz6845]

Brilliant