The valley
edge by edge
bare field by field
I walked through it through you
rain by rain
cold by cold
root absence
and the purposeful cold
Eye opened
slow
but what is slow
–Jean Valentine, from Break the Glass (Copper Canyon, 2010)
Nantucket
by William Carlos Williams
Flowers through the window
lavender and yellow
changed by white curtains―
Smell of cleanliness―
Sunshine of late afternoon―
On the glass tray
a glass pitcher, the tumbler
turned down, by which
a key is lying―And the
immaculate white bed
Poetry@Princeton is on a bit of a break this summer, but we’ll be back when classes start in September. In the meantime, we’ll try to post events to the Calendar as we hear of them, so it wouldn’t hurt to check the site periodically throughout the coming months.
Princeton Poetry Festival
The second biennial Princeton Poetry Festival will be taking place on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 in Richardson Auditorium.
Readings and discussions begin on both days at 2pm. Advance tickets may be purchased through University Ticketing at 609.258.9220.
If you haven’t already checked out the schedule, you should do so here.
Want to hear more about Poetry at Princeton? Check out this video by Nick Barberio in which poets from Princeton talk about poetry and read their work.