Almanac Poetry: ‘The Wild Iris’ – Louise Glück
Louise Glück (1943) is an American poet who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. The judges praised “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.
Glück is known for her poetry’s technical precision, sensitivity, and insight into loneliness, family relationships, divorce, and death.
Watch Louise Gluck read The Wild Iris.
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About Colin Ritchie
Retired teacher who enjoys following the Bombers, listening to music especially Bob Dylan, reading, and swimming.
What a stunning poem. The terrible beauty of death.