American poet (born 1911).
"Some poems begin as a set of words that you aren't sure what they apply
to, but eventually the accumulate and become lines, and then you see
some pattern emerge....they start out with a set of words that sound
nice and don't make much sense but eventually reveal their
purpose....You don't ask a poem what it means, you have to let it tell
you." (from a 1978 interview)
Some language talk in this stanza quoted by Crystal from "Invitation to
Miss Marianne Moore", to Bishop's long time friend and mentor:
With dynasties of negative constructions
darkening and dying around you,
with grammar that suddenly turns and shines
like flocks of sandpipers flying,
please come flying.
https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/eb-invit.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bishop https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/elizabeth-bishop
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