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 11
(the Eleanor Wilner issue)

 

fall 2010

 

With Innisfree 11, 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 Eleanor Wilner, the author of seven collections of poems and other books, including a verse translation of Euripides's Medea, and the recipient of awards from the MacArthur Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Juniper Prize and two Pushcart Prizes. 

She joins these previous Closer Looks, all of which are available under Previous Issues:

Innisfree 5, fall 2007:	Terence Winch
Innisfree 6, spring 2008:	Eric Pankey
Innisfree 7, fall 2008:	Marianne Boruch
Innisfree 8, spring 2009:	Dan Masterson
Innisfree 9, fall 2009:	Alice Friman
Innisfree 10, spring 2010:	John Koethe

Among the other writers sharing new work with the readers of Innisfree are—

Liz Abrams-Morley, who reviews Innisfree alum Barbara Crooker's new book, More, from C&R Press;

Gregor Barabas, who presents translations of previously unpublished poems by the Hungarian poet, Radnoti Miklos;

Martin Galvin, whose new collection, Sounding the Atlantic, is just out from Broadkill River Press and available from Amazon here: http://tinyurl.com/29s4tq4

Rod Jellema, whose Incarnality, The Collected Poems, will be published this fall by Eerdman's Publishing and will include an audio CD;

Merrill Leffler, whose third collection, Mark the Music, will be published in the spring of 2011.

George Moore, a first-time contributor to Innisfree who, in addition to new poems, has sent a photo of Yeats' Lake Isle of Innisfree, which you can view on his page in this issue. 

Innisfree 11 includes too many other highlights to continue in this vein, but be sure not to miss Lisa Rosinsky's wonderful villanelle, "Reckoning."

 

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