Was this a conscious choice, finding a way to weave lightness into poems that were somber at their core?ĭonald: “Let’s put it this way: dark matter. In “Goodbye Dance” you write: When my mother fell sick, grew short of breath, and took six months But somehow you manage to balance the inherent heaviness of your subject matter with playfulness. James Morehead: Swansdown explores the uncertainty of mortality, the anguish of losing family members, the deterioration of our bodies with the passage of time. He is a recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, three Pushcart Prizes, and the Center for Book Arts Chapbook Prize. His poems have appeared in many journals, including The New Republic, American Poetry Review, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, New England Review, and Yale Review, as well as in The Best American Poetry 2000, 2006, and 2015. Donald is the author of eight volumes of poetry, his most recent is Swansdown (Grid Books, 2022). The latest episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast interviews Donald Platt.
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