Lyric-Scroll 013: One Art: When Elizabeth Bishop Made Losing Look Like a Hobby and Sound Like a Villanelle
The Art of Pretending It’s Fine While You Quietly Lose Your Mind (and Keys) ABS Believes:Not all disasters explode—some sip tea, rhyme politely, and fall apart in tercets.Loss, when done in style, still counts as a breakdown. Elizabeth Bishop: The Queen of Composed Chaos Elizabeth Bishop didn’t write confessional poetry. She wrote poetic poker faces. […]