Tag Archives: Perceiving

What theory of mind, of thought, of perception, of interaction between the world and the subject perceiving it, do these poems propose.

Sharon Olds and Frank O’Hara offer two takes on a conversational, almost confessional style. Choose one poem from each and use the compare-contrast form to work out not only how each poet engages with the form and how their different or similar approaches help you read the other. Olds’ and O’Hara’s poems offer windows into […]