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“The Wellfleet Whale” by Stanley Kunitz read by Sher Schwartz

Click the link below to read “The Whalefleet Whale” by Stanley Kunitz

https://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/kunitz/Wellfleet.html

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3 responses to ““The Wellfleet Whale” by Stanley Kunitz read by Sher Schwartz”

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    Sher Schwartz

    Last posting until after July 9th. I am curious — does the ending of this poem work for you?

    Sher

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    tlapera5411

    I grew up in New England and news of a whale beaching was always so sad. I was glad you included the journal entry for the context it provided.

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      Sher Schwartz

      Thanks for listening and responding. We received such a wide response to this poem — some utterly loved it–some were reminded of the end of the movie _Flow_, and some found it so sad as to be almost unbearable. That made me feel sad for posting this poem, but it’s one I have never been able to forget. It moved me deeply, and some poems are hard but beautiful.

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