• Richard P. Wilbur's 100th anniversary, March 1st (U.S. Poet Laureate, 1

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 13 21:10:36 2021
    Some anniversary tributes:

    https://shows.acast.com/the-daily-poem/episodes/happy-100th-birthday-to-richard-wilbur

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3H8UhWVrcg

    https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.books.childrens/c/67Us3ZQk2rY/m/iJexeN1bBwAJ
    (obituary post from 2017)

    One of his children's collections is "Opposites."

    Also:

    Runaway Opposites, 1995.

    The Disappearing Alphabet, illustrated by David Diaz, Harcourt (San
    Diego), 1998.

    Excerpt:

    "What if there were no letter O?
    You couldn't COME, you couldn't GO,
    You couldn't ROVE, you couldn't ROAM,
    And yet you couldn't stay at HOME!
    Where would you be, had heaven not sent you
    The letter O to orient you?"

    Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences (contains Opposites
    and More Opposites), edited by Diane D'Andrade, Harcourt, 2000.

    The Pig in the Spigot, illustrated by J. Otto Seibold, Harcourt (San
    Diego), 2000.

    Lenona.

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