Showing posts with label Shady Grove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shady Grove. Show all posts

Jul 21, 2010

SHADY GROVE, DOC WATSON, MARY OLIVER, MAURICE MANNING






YouTube - David Holt and Doc Watson: Shady Grove







For just a bit longer, let's continue with the American Primitive--hey, that's the title of Mary Oliver's 1983 collection, my introduction to her work. Here she is. See any connection to Maurice Manning's poem from Bucolics?
washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Books & Reading

Now Maurice Manning:

Bucolics [LIX] - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

I still think Manning's "Boss" is God, a shadow stone, a weight that won't move. But if memory serves, I didn't convince anyone last November 15.



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