Thursday, April 29, 2010
Blackberry Eating by Galway Kinnell
I like this poem because of its richness of language which he illustrates over blackberry eating.For example in the line 12 "which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well." This line displays the physicality of life with the participation of touching, speaking and hearing. and i think he really does it well. also i believe i can tell that he feels attraction to blackberries such as with taste touch and appearance.
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You're right about the experience of eating blackberries as a metaphor for making--and consuming--poetry; explore that angle more thoroughly. Note, too, some of the subtle ambiguities--the specific setting--a time of year just as the season is about to turn; the berries that are at once succulent, but cold, and black; there's a richness and resonance in the experience and the the language, as in the art of poetry
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