poetrysince1912: from TO AN AMERICAN POET JUST DEADIn the Boston Sunday Herald just three linesOf no-point type for you who used to singThe praises of imaginary wines,And died, or so I’m told, of the real thing. —Richard Wilbur, Poetry, December 1948

poetrysince1912:

from TO AN AMERICAN POET JUST DEAD

In the Boston Sunday Herald just three lines
Of no-point type for you who used to sing
The praises of imaginary wines,
And died, or so I’m told, of the real thing.

—Richard Wilbur, Poetry, December 1948

Apr. 18 2012
Via poetryfoundation.org
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