Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Show Me the Place, 84


“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

84: Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner; Oxford, Mississippi; June 13, 2004

We toured the home called Rowan Oak,
Where Faulkner lived—and where he wrote.
He loved to drink; he loved to smoke—
To write those lines that many quote.

Success and sadness formed his life—
His demons were such puissant ones.
He cheated—yes, betrayed his wife.
They had two daughters,* had no sons.

He later won the Nobel Prize
For stunning novels (sometimes weird).
His work still lives in current eyes
As so unique—and much revered.

*His wife brought two of her own daughters to the marriage; Faulkner and his wife had two: Jill and Alabama; the latter died just days after birth.






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