The Complete Poems of Hart Crane - thoughts and BOOK REVIEW
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Unfortunately a lot of the poetry fraternity is burdened with a kind of eitist obsession with intellectual difficulty, rather than for beauty or emotional and humanitarian impact. Anyone who tells you that The Waste Land is their favourite poetic sequence is immediately suspect of not actually reading or understanding poetry. Poetry is not a puzzle to decipher. Most good poems should open up to you like a good song. It shouldn’t require a lecture or an equation. More than anything else, a good poem should be felt and experienced. It should make you see a part of human life from a new, enlightening perspective.
You and your reviews are such a treasure, loved your stuff since I discovered you through your review on Michael Giras THE CONSUMER.
"This is really fucked up." Not at all, my man. I credit you for showing your emotions like that, no shame at all
Other suggested poets are Ted Hughes, Plath (obviously), Jim Harrison, W.H. Auden, Byron, Norman Maccaig, Keats, Sorley Maclean, Robert Graves, to name a few.
You should check out Ezra Pound (no one as ever said this with good intentions so proceed with caution)
I feel this man. Crane was a spirit we got lucky enough to keep through the generations because of his poetry, but the life lived and the man remain just as loved as his works.
I cannot stand the Waste Land, but Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is possibly my favorite poem of all time. If you ever revisit Eliot, start there
Cliff I’m sure you’re receiving no shortage of poet recommendations after this but please read some Frank O’Hara.
Saw that Harry Crosby’s black sun press published one of Bukowskis first poems to see the light of day, 20 tanks from Kasseldown, and Charles’ Black Sparrow press published Crosby’s diary, surly a way of repaying the favor long after Harry had passed, there also is a common interest of horse-betting between the two.
I just have to say, Hart Crane is my favourite poet. Thanks so so much for the review. There's an abstract catharsis with his work that inevitably leads back to his story and who he was. No wonder Tennessee wanted to be given back to the sea just like Hart. I don't think art exists to uplift or anything, but whenever I'm blue I always revisit Mr. Crane and see that everything I'm going through has been gone through before, and that something great can be borne from the pain. During my first year at college I pinned the line
Didn't know I was going to cry today.
I was listening to you reading and it felt just like Clarisse's água viva, just provokes the feeling on you. It's witchcraft at its peak, there is some level of magic in this dead man's words. Just for the record I was already in tears while you still felling them coming KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Man, I love your videos. Bought a copy for myself. Cheers from Cincinnati.
Thanks Better Than Food. Hart Crane was assigned in Modern Poetry class, I remember watching the Voices and Visions Crane doc that semester (1994). I've given other hours over the years to Crane's poems, never clicked for me, except for one short poem about I think I recall a photo of his grandmother. Gorgeous pathos. I read it in the sun room of a shelter I stayed in in Boone, NC. That was a little over a decade ago. Since I've tried Crane a couple more times, never clicked for me, The Bridge I mean. Not so much, not much. I'll read him again soon. Poetry has been my lifeblood, especially the poetry of painting. The poetry of verse too.
Fantastic review ! And your astute observation of the connection between Kenneth Anger’s films and Cranes poetry is inspiring.
Beautiful, Cliff. Incredible review
Astounding review. One of the most special things you've put out there.
My favourite American poet and I would argue, THE superior American poet, still unsurpassed. Crane's command of imagery, complex rhyme, perfect melting of sound into speech and vice-versa is second to none. His ambition and themes, recovered from the heart of America but not excluding the rest of the world, is like a verse-equivalent of Melville. Thank you for the comprehensive and detailed review!
Wow! finding this review right before Paul Skenes' debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates, banner day for a Saturday. Hart Crane is superb!