10-17-2023, 07:09 AM
Hi Duke,
I enjoyed this very much. Every few months or so I drive by a refinery and its constant pillar of cloud. Unsurprisingly, this usually makes me think of Robert Pinsky’s The Refinery. Seeing that pillar of cloud, now, I think the comparison you’ve drawn here will likely join the club.
I’m not following what “by season of the year” means in this context. I understand the image, the pillar of smoke from the power plant against the night or day sky, but I understand that from “superimposed on fading stars…”
I’m not convinced that I’m right about this, but the first couple of times I read this poem the word “entertains” seemed a little out place to me. Compared to the biblical scope of the piece and the larger task of keeping everyone cool/warm, the idea of entertainment seemed possibly a little small.
I’m especially impressed with “It does not move or nightly shine with fire–
its deep reactor rages”. There’s a pleasant density in those last three words, like you find in Dylan Thomas.
I enjoyed this very much. Every few months or so I drive by a refinery and its constant pillar of cloud. Unsurprisingly, this usually makes me think of Robert Pinsky’s The Refinery. Seeing that pillar of cloud, now, I think the comparison you’ve drawn here will likely join the club.
I’m not following what “by season of the year” means in this context. I understand the image, the pillar of smoke from the power plant against the night or day sky, but I understand that from “superimposed on fading stars…”
I’m not convinced that I’m right about this, but the first couple of times I read this poem the word “entertains” seemed a little out place to me. Compared to the biblical scope of the piece and the larger task of keeping everyone cool/warm, the idea of entertainment seemed possibly a little small.
I’m especially impressed with “It does not move or nightly shine with fire–
its deep reactor rages”. There’s a pleasant density in those last three words, like you find in Dylan Thomas.