Richard Wilbur's "A Dubious Night"
- Author
- Sean Johnson
- Published
- Fri 07 Mar 2025
- Episode Link
- https://dailypoempod.substack.com/p/richard-wilburs-a-dubious-night
Great poets write as much by ear as by sight, and often turn to sonic phenomena for inspiration. The ringing of bells is one of the most time-honored of those sounds, and in today’s poem Wilbur deepens the sound-image through the added dimension of distance. Happy reading.
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