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Henri Cole: Blizzard
Henri Cole is a really sensational poet even for people who may not think poetry can be sensational. He works for the universe and he discusses his new book of poems “Blizzard” on Bookworm.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 28m ListenHenri Cole is a really sensational poet even for people who may not think poetry can be sensational. He works for the universe and he discusses his new book of poems “Blizzard” on Bookworm.
An excerpt from “Blizzard,” by Henri Cole.
E L E V A T I O N
jip-jip and pip-pip-pip,
as some new verson of America and became itself.
elevation
in which a wondrous man sought my hand and my heart.
Then I awoke, and he departed.
Look at the flock of pigeons
flying into a thunderhead! I always feel like an elevation
when small things overmaster the great.
Blizzard Copyright © 2020 by Henri Cole. Reprinted courtesy of Macmillan Publishing.
