66: Fall of Frost, 2008, by
Brian Hall (1959–)*
I loved this book by Brian Hall
About that poet (“Mending Wall”)—
The story of old Robert Frost**—
The life we know, the life we’ve lost.
And I had been to many scenes
The novel uses. What it means?
It means that I could then relate—
For places (and there’s no debate)
Are one way we can understand—
The writer, writing. From some land
These artists come. And if we know
The land? The place? Well, we can go
Inside the story in a way
Denied to those who cannot say
That they have seen a farm of Frost—
The broken walls—and what they cost.
And Brian Hall got well inside
The heart and mind of Frost—and tried—
Succeeded!—to elucidate
The work of one we know as great.
*In mid-April 2010, I arranged for Hall to spend a day at Western
Reserve Academy, where I was teaching at the time. He visited classes, spoke to
the student body. A great thrill for all of us.
** Robert Frost (1874–1963).
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