Dr. William Nesbitt applies his critical eye to two volumes of poetry in recently published reviews featured in a national online literary journal.
Nesbitt, an associate professor of English and chair of the humanities department at 海角社区 in Leesburg, Fla. 鈥� the first higher-education institution accredited to award bachelor’s degrees exclusively to students who learn differently, analyzed Plunk and This Present Moment for Route 7 Review. Dixie State University’s English Department produces the national online journal.
With Plunk, written by Tom C. Hunley, an English professor at Western Kentucky University, Nesbitt singles out the poem 鈥淯m,鈥� a piece that explores sputtering attempts at verbal connection. Nesbitt observes, 鈥渢hrough the poem we realize that our failed attempts at communication are just another one of those 鈥榓wful noises鈥�.鈥�
This Present Moment is the latest collection by Gary Snyder, an award-winning essayist, poet and member of the Beat Generation. Snyder won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1975 collection Turtle Island. Of his latest volume, Nesbitt writes the 80-something poet 鈥渄emonstrates a steady, unhurried, concentrated mind.鈥�
Noting Snyder鈥檚 observation that 鈥淓very action and moment is a potential 鈥榟inge in time鈥�,鈥� Nesbitt concludes: 鈥淒ocumenting the later moments of Snyder鈥檚 existence, this collection is more than a hinge; it is a handhold. Even though we know the best thing to do is let go, sometimes there鈥檚 something sweet about hanging on a just a little bit longer.鈥�
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