Cold Pastoral
Stanley Plumly
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Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
 About Stanley Plumly Stanley Plumly’s work has been honored with the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an Ingram-Merrill Foundation Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His most recent books are Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me: New and Selected Poems, 1970–2000 (Ecco, 2001) and Argument and Song: Sources and Silences in Poetry (Handsel, 2003). Also By This Author Recent Blog EntriesVQR Wins a National Magazine AwardKevin MorrisseyJason Motlagh's report on the Mumbai terror attacks beat out work from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Mother Jones, Slate, and Time. Orpheus’s ErrorDimiter Kenarov“Think like the dead” should be the unofficial motto of the Iraq War. To blend in, American soldiers are feigning death. The Life and Opinions of Captain Donald LipscombDimiter KenarovA Vietnamese American Army Captain's view of the war in Iraq. VQR Events This WeekKevin MorrisseyJoin us for a slate of upcoming events featuring VQR contributors, past and present. City of TrashDimiter KenarovAfter the elections, Baghdad is awash in political posters. The Hurt Locker 2Dimiter KenarovKenarov visits the school for training Iraq’s own Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams. We’re Nominated for Two National Magazine AwardsWaldo JaquithVQR has been nominated in both the Fiction and Photojournalism categories. Baghdad: Election DayDimiter KenarovDimiter Kenarov reports on the violent and historic day of a parliamentary elections in Iraq. |
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