What a beautiful, moving review & introduction to a poet who’s new to me !! Going to need to scroll back to the top, read again, and seek out more of padgett’s poetry for myself
I highly recommend. I myself need to read more of his work, which will be an interesting exercise--working backwards from old age into youth.
I just commented this on your lovely post, but you should also check out Padgett's translations! I think he most famously translated Guillaume Apollinaire from French, but others too!
What a beautiful, moving review & introduction to a poet who’s new to me !! Going to need to scroll back to the top, read again, and seek out more of padgett’s poetry for myself
I highly recommend. I myself need to read more of his work, which will be an interesting exercise--working backwards from old age into youth.
I just commented this on your lovely post, but you should also check out Padgett's translations! I think he most famously translated Guillaume Apollinaire from French, but others too!