Thank you for adding another layer to this poem's brilliance. I've always grappled with Brooks's sun vs Knight's sun - who or what is the sun and what does it symbolize? Knight's use of "we goofed the whole thing" always caused me to pause, to pivot, for it is a lighthearted line that seems out of rhythm. Damn, love these two poems even though I don't understand them. For folks here who are inspired by this poem, give Poem Talk a listen ~ https://jacket2.org/podcasts/after-night-years-poemtalk-39
Love this. I am now going to get a New Yorker subscription so I can read Hanif's essay, which I spent too much time trying to access with my library card Friday night. I love his work and am privileged to share a city with him.
I want to print this and read it every day.
To share it with you and with the world.
Each tender line held my anxieties at bay
As hope and possibility unfurled
In light.
Thank you for adding another layer to this poem's brilliance. I've always grappled with Brooks's sun vs Knight's sun - who or what is the sun and what does it symbolize? Knight's use of "we goofed the whole thing" always caused me to pause, to pivot, for it is a lighthearted line that seems out of rhythm. Damn, love these two poems even though I don't understand them. For folks here who are inspired by this poem, give Poem Talk a listen ~ https://jacket2.org/podcasts/after-night-years-poemtalk-39
Love this. I am now going to get a New Yorker subscription so I can read Hanif's essay, which I spent too much time trying to access with my library card Friday night. I love his work and am privileged to share a city with him.