Natasha Trethewey, U S poet laureate, reads "Elegy" at Emory University
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- Natasha Trethewey, 19th U S poet laureate, reads her poem "Elegy" from her new book, Thrall, at the Decatur Book Festival keynote address, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Emory University Campus. Trethewey is also the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory.
So beautiful !
She remains one of the most influential professors I've had the honor to learn under.
Wonderful ending.
Enjoyed your poem to your dad. I’m a poet and write mostly senryu but also kyoka tanka haiku and haibun I hope you don’t mind me sharing my haibun poem to Mama.
Haibun : Mama
There were days when I pretended to be too sick to go to school - - just for mamas loving embrace - - her arms the heat of home
Even with the onset of dementia, her cheerfulness was so contagious it was a joy being around her despite the illness.
She made everyone laugh with her spontaneous unpredictable behavior.
nursing home
bumper wheelchair
her favorite pastime
Once a week I would whisk her away from the assisted-living facility to spend several hours together - - grabbing a meal or frequenting some of her favorite second-hand stores where she loved to shop and donate clothes.
When we drove to her favorite thrift in November, her dementia worsened.
thrift store
the dress mama donated
she wants to buy
On a cold December morn mama passed.
The funeral was simple. There was a light drizzle as the family gathered at the gravesite. One by one, with eyes full of rain, we said our last goodbyes.
autumn twilight
oh mama tuck me under
hug me one more time.
-Al Fogel
All love in isolation from Miami Beach, Florida,
Al
so nice...
wow