The Art of Description: World into Word
“It sounds like a simple thing, to say what you see,†Mark Doty begins. “But try to find words for the shades of a mottled sassafras leaf, or the reflectivity of a bay on an August morning, or the very beginnings of desire stirring in the gaze of someone looking right into your eyes . . .†Doty finds refuge in the sensory experience found in poem More »