April 29, 2008

Skunk Hour

Out loitering at dusk, I spied one of this year’s crop of skunk-kittens — skunks are such beautiful animals — and it put me in mind of Robert Lowell’s “Skunk Hour”. If you can get past the unpleasant timbre of Lowell’s voice, his reading of the poem on the Academy of American Poets site is worth a listen. The poem is more complex than I’d remembered.

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  1. Cooper Renner on April 30th, 2008 at 9:08 am

    You mean I should give Lowell another look?

  2. Nathan Harrison on April 30th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    I have to say, I don’t find his voice unpleasant at all — it has a sort of “Mr. Rogers meets David Rackoff” quality that actually feels somewhat soothing.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am

    Daryl and I love his reading of “Mr Edwards and the Spider.” It’s a sad little voice.

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