The Fantastical Real
Dec 02, 2019
2 minutes
LANGDON HAMMER
LOUISE GLÜCK’S “Winter Recipes from the Collective” is a mysterious poem. It begins with factual, impersonal statements that have the patience and anonymous confidence of a fable. It is a surprise when a particular speaker emerges and addresses us intimately, the surprise being magnified by a line break: “But they had patience,
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