The poems in “Blue Hanuman” have a lyric intensity and soul-clarity that move beyond Larkin’s previous books. The poet’s voice becomes the thing it speaks about, connecting the body to art and to the whole […][…]
IN YOUR SIDE-RAILED BED, FACES brushed late nights on paper, mouth-knots, dark inkwash eyes staring into the abyss. World taped to the wall of your next-to-last room. After they moved you, no more making. Your […][…]
