4 Poems by Kenneth Rexroth (new episode)

An episode from 8/30/24: Tonight, I read four poems by the American poet Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982). A few years ago, when I began digging through anthologies of American poetry, Rexroth stood out immediately among the usual names from the twentieth century. I can't think of many American poets who have written so beautifully about nature, about being a parent, or about love:

• Halley’s Comet (1956)
• When We with Sappho (1944)
• The Wheel Revolves (1965)
• Hapax (1974)

They can all be found in The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth.

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