Writers in Performance presenter, March, 1996 – second in
“Capturing the Word’ poetry series
First paragraph from the poem, “Regalia for a Black Hat Dancer,”
in Robert Hass’ forth book of poetry, Sun Under Wood.
In the morning, after running along the river:
‘Creekstones practice the mild yoga of becoming smooth.’
By afternoon I was thinking:once you’re smooth, you’re dead.
‘It is good sometimes that poetry should disenchant us,’
I wrote, and something about ‘the heart’s huge vacancy,’
which seemed contemptible. After dinner – sudden cooling
of the summer air – I sat down to it. Where.
Image Left– Scanned back cover of Sun Under Wood
Image Right — Promotional postcard
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