The Art of Loving: For the 47th Anniversary of Our Conjugal Life, April 30, 2026 The short poem below is a villanelle I wrote two years ago, based on the poet Elizabeth Bishop’s sublime work “One Art.” It is dedicated to my dear wife Anne to mark our 47 years of life together,..
The Art of Love: A song for Anne The short poem which appears at the end of this posting is a villanelle I wrote based on Elizabeth Bishop’s sublime work “One Art.” It is dedicated to my wife Anne, who has recently been diagnosed with and operated for sudden-onset brain cancer. The..
The poem below is a villanelle I wrote based on Elizabeth Bishop’s sublime work “One Art.” It is dedicated to my wife Anne to mark 46 years of our living together, beginning April 30, 1979. We are those strange characters in the picture included here. The Art of Loving The art of loving..