http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/stanley-kunitz-the-long-boat/ Norbert Blei's Poetry Dispatch and other Notes from the Underground. “We live to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection,” said Anaїs Nin. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/stanley-kunitz-the-long-boat/#comment-5532 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:08:24 +0000 http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/stanley-kunitz-the-long-boat/#comment-5532 I was stuck in traffic on one of the bridges that crosses the Merimack River in Lowell
Still one ofmy facorite cities
Stanley Kunitz came on in an interview on air
As he rounded 100 yrs old
He read this poem and the rush oc emotions was as if the dammed river had burst lose from its hold backs as his boat beagan its last trip and his family and freinds stood on the shore became less important as fog wrapped it all in that blanket how he wanted to stay in this world phew comes alive every time i think of him

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