For this evening’s reflective engagement, you will all be divided into 3 groups. I’ll try to group you by poetic preference. What I’d like you to do is select one (or two short) poems from your poet and relate them to the broader Black Mountain / Open Field poetics we’ve been discussing. Your task is to present the poem (read it, or relevant sections of it, or visit Penn Sound for the author’s own reading); draw connections or contradictions between the poem(s) and the broader Black Mountain poetics we’ve discussed; and do your best to ask a few generative questions that will get us all engaging these poems and poets in productive ways.