Happy 100th birthday, Stanley Kunitz
Jul. 29th, 2005 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonHe turns 100 today, and yesterday NPR recorded him reading his poem, "The Long Boat."
Peace! Peace!
To be rocked by the Infinite!
As if it didn't matter
which way was home;
as if he didn't know
he loved the earth so much
he wanted to stay forever.
To read the whole poem and the NPR article on him, go here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4776898
Peace! Peace!
To be rocked by the Infinite!
As if it didn't matter
which way was home;
as if he didn't know
he loved the earth so much
he wanted to stay forever.
To read the whole poem and the NPR article on him, go here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4776898