Monday, September 23, 2013

Some Southern Writers

SOME SOUTHERN WRITERS



WALKER PERCY

There amidst all the—
Twisted & gnarled old oak trees
I haunted The Quad

The Library and—
Allen Hall with its moody
English Department

Walker Percy whose—
The Moviegoer simply
Charmed me to no end

But his office hours—
Were dominated by his
Father’s suicide

JOHN HAZARD WILDMAN

We discussed Faulkner—
How tragic his writer’s life
In Mississippi

He was very much—
Like Noel Polk a Faulkner
Scholar and writer

Both imbued in me—
Deep South ambiguity
When it came to love

The whole campus there—
In Baton Rouge seemed very
Dixie decadent

NOEL POLK

Another writer—
From Mississippi thinking
Like Faulkner would think

I knew a kid once—
From Pascagoula like Polk
Fell in love with him

Maybe it was just—
The way he spoke his wordage
Thick as cane syrup

I had him read me—
Faulkner in bed in the dorm
After we made love



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