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Nick Laird Reads Elizabeth Bishop

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Moose, the Muse

Bishop's poem is about a moose, but she also talks about the journey it takes to get there. She sets up these narratives within the poems which automatically establish a kind of narrative for it. Bishop isn't scared to use this word, other worldly. You know, when the moose looks the bus over, we all feel this sweet sensation of joy. Andye don't need this to be the muse. This is a muse.

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