Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III
Hannah and Rachel and I enthuse over the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. We read a few of our favorites, and talk about what makes them so beautiful: their mixture of images and abstractions, their emotional restraint, their ultra-specificity, their irony, the way poetic form can mirror content, Bishop's approach to biographical writing, epiphanies, and maybe the most important trait to acquire as a poet: patience.
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