I wrestled with this poem for a long time. I thought I would run out of winter before I was satisfied with a recording.
But then it snowed here these last couple days, and it encouraged me to fix up the most recent attempt and just get it out to you.
Here you go: "October" by Louise Gluck.
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I heard Gluck read this poem at the end of this interview:
https://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/2021/03/09/nobel-laureate-louise-gluck-on-teaching-and-poetry/
It's the last ten minutes. However, the whole thing is excellent! This poet won almost every literary prize imaginable, including the Nobel Prize. Along with that, she taught poetry for many decades, and she considered her teaching to have fueled and inspired her work rather than draining it. She was greatly loved by students, and known for her passion, candor, and crankiness. She HATES poetry read aloud! Oopsies.
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Episode 44: Autumn Poetry to Memorize: Bonus Episode!
Episode 43: Mail from the Midwest
Episode 42: ”To Autumn”
Episode 41: End of Summer
Episode 40: A Poem Found, Lost, and Found
Episode 39: Let‘s Get Romantic
Episode 38: The Tables Have Turned
Episode 37: "The Toll of Time"
Episode 36: Poems For Little Ones To Memorize
Episode 35: Take this Poet (Ruth Pitter)
Episode 34: Exultation Is The Going
Episode 33: Interview with Craig Goodworth
Episode 32: "For Molly"
Episode 31: I Come Home Wanting to Touch Everyone
Episode 30: Thank you, Thomaida
Episode 29: What the Living Do
Episode 28: Strawberrying
Episode 27: Broken Seashell
Episode 26: What's Left Unsaid
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