https://thethepoetry.com/2011/03/poem-of-the-week-robert-kelly/ Where was it one first heard of the truth? Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://thethepoetry.com/2011/03/poem-of-the-week-robert-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:47:07 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=4008#comment-1171 [...] Robert — Poem for Easter [THEthe Poetry [...]

]]> https://thethepoetry.com/2011/03/poem-of-the-week-robert-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:35:00 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=4008#comment-1094 Kelly’s careful integration of religious and sexual imagery at once creates a tone of questioning and a tone of comfort, which I think explains why Weil was so touched by Kelly’s language as a young boy. The discovery of sexuality, especially against the backdrop of a pre-existing religiosity, is an exciting and confusing thing, and this poem’s comparison of the two, as Weil points out in his introduction, flows easily with Kelly’s descriptive language. Kelly goes beyond this confusion, however, to eventually uncover the “mystery” that reveals itself in both human intimacy and religion: that we are not alone. Beautiful poem.

]]> https://thethepoetry.com/2011/03/poem-of-the-week-robert-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:21:00 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=4008#comment-1093 i love u Uncle Joe!!

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