Janet Krauss Poetry Discussion: The Poetry of Louise Bogan (Zoom)

Please join us online on Tuesday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m., when Janet Krauss will lead a discussion of a selection of poems by Louise Bogan. Links to the poems and discussion questions will be emailed in advance of the program. 

There is no charge for this program. Advance registration is required as is an email address. Register online to receive the Zoom session invitation link. 

Louise Bogan provokes compassion in her readers through her salient images and direct, flowing style expressing themes affecting many who have suffered, loss, divorce, single motherhood and despair. Her poems move into Modernism, unlike her contemporaries, Pound or Eliot. Her voice speaks directly to us.

As a critic said, “Her poems are marked by sureness, economy and self-definition. No wasted words.”
We will explore that statement and her themes in our discussion.

Janet Krauss, who has two books of poetry published, Borrowed Scenery, Yuganta Press, and Through the Trees of Autumn, Spartina Press, has recently retired from teaching English at Fairfield University.