In this quietly resonant episode of A Voice Like This, Phil Rowe brings together two poems that speak to the art of paying attention — to ourselves, and to others.
First, Derek Walcott’s Love After Love offers a tender invitation to reconnect with the self we’ve lost sight of.
Then, Dylan Thomas’s In My Craft or Sullen Art reflects on the solitary work of the poet — creating not for recognition, but for love, for mystery, and for the unnamed listener.
Two quiet poems. Two enduring acts of care.
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Poems:
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
In My Craft or Sullen Art by Dylan Thomas
Themes:
Self-reclamation, poetic purpose, quiet persistence
Performed by: Phil Rowe
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