Re: OT-CHAT: Lackawanna
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- Subject: Re: OT-CHAT: Lackawanna
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 09:21:08 -0600 (MDT)
>Lackwanna is where the hospital is situated where I work - and it's also the
>site of the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens - a 1900's Lord & Burnham
>conservatory... very much a treasure... and it's also where Our Lady of
>Victory Basilica is located.... one of the most ornate and fabulous churchs
>you'll see this side of Rome.
>
Hi, Kathy! "Lackawanna" is also the title of an extraordinary poem by
Galway Kinnell. I ran across it while browsing "Paris Review" two or three
years ago, and it "blowed my doors off" as we say hereabouts. It's rather a
long poem and has nothing to do with irises, so I won't reproduce it here,
but if you'd like to see it, e-mail me privately and I'll keyboard it in
for you. Kinnell is one of the great contemporary poets, IMHO. Some of his
early works are nature-obsessed, and would please gardeners.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock
