https://thethepoetry.com/2010/03/seventeen-years-ago-last-march-elizabeth-bishops-grand-finale/ Where was it one first heard of the truth? Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= https://thethepoetry.com/2010/03/seventeen-years-ago-last-march-elizabeth-bishops-grand-finale/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Stuart Krimko Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:58:35 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=862#comment-96 Huge fan of this poem. Working on a piece on James Tate which works in some reference to 'Crusoe.' 'The Filling Station' is underappreciated - 'Someone loves us all.' Heartbreak, yes, it's something she has in common with Herbert, who was one of her acknowledged forbears. You forgot 'The Roosters' in your litany of possible favorites. 'Arrival at Santos' is beautiful too. 'We are headed for the interior.' There is something quietly lurid - I know the word doesn't seem to fit at first - that keeps us coming back to Bishop, or keeps me coming back. She is shy about the extravagance of her effects, but they are there like the best melodrama, tugging at the heart's tiny exposed surfaces. Huge fan of this poem. Working on a piece on James Tate which works in some reference to ‘Crusoe.’ ‘The Filling Station’ is underappreciated – ‘Someone loves us all.’ Heartbreak, yes, it’s something she has in common with Herbert, who was one of her acknowledged forbears. You forgot ‘The Roosters’ in your litany of possible favorites. ‘Arrival at Santos’ is beautiful too. ‘We are headed for the interior.’ There is something quietly lurid – I know the word doesn’t seem to fit at first – that keeps us coming back to Bishop, or keeps me coming back. She is shy about the extravagance of her effects, but they are there like the best melodrama, tugging at the heart’s tiny exposed surfaces.

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