The Lake Isle of Innisfree

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

Hear Yeats read:

THE INNISFREE POETRY JOURNAL

Innisfree 16
the Linda Pastan issue
spring 2013

With Innisfree 16, we continue our series of Closer Looks at the poetry of an exceptional contemporary poet, this time with a generous selection of poems from the books of Linda Pastan.  She joins these earlier subjects of Closer Looks, all of which are available in the previous issues page or, more directly, here:

	Innisfree 15, fall 2012:	Martin Galvin
	Innisfree 14, spring 2012:	Philip Dacey
	Innisfree 13, fall, 2011:	Jean Nordhaus
	Innisfree 12, spring, 2011:	Rod Jellema
	Innisfree 11, fall 2010:	Eleanor Wilner
	Innisfree 10, spring 2010:	John Koethe
	Innisfree 9, fall 2009:	Alice Friman
	Innisfree 8, spring 2009:	Dan Masterson
	Innisfree 7, fall 2008:	Marianne Boruch
	Innisfree 6, spring 2008:	Eric Pankey
	Innisfree 5, fall 2007:	Terence Winch

Of particular note in this issue:  New poems by Allan Peterson whose fourth full-length collection of poems, Fragile Acts (McSweeney's, 2012), is one of the five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award.  Here's the rundown on this year's nominees: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/national-book-critics-circle-finalists-announced/2013/01/14/b9303e20-5e5c-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_blog.html
Allan's poems previously appeared in Innisfree 6 and Innisfree 8.

We also remember the late poet Edwin Zimmerman by presenting a selection of poems from his books, as well as several left on his desk at the time of his death.  Ed's poems also appeared in Innisfree 9 and Innisfree 14.

 

The Editor
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