Robert Creeley
Once known primarily for his association with the group called the “Black Mountain Poets,” at the time of his death in 2005, Robert Creeley was widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. His poetry is noted for both its concision and emotional power. Albert Mobilio, writing in the Voice Literary Supplement, observed: “Creeley has shaped his own audience.”
CPC Readings
Friday, January 26, 1979
The Art Institute of Chicago
Friday, October 18, 1985
The School of the Art Institute
Poetry by Robert Creeley
That dim shattering character of nerves
which creates faces in the dark
speaks of the heaven and hell
as a form of corporate existence.
Oh don’t say it isn’t so,
think to understand if
the last time you looked
you were still a man
There is love only
as love is. These
senses recreate
their definition- a hand
holds within itself
all reason. The eyes
have seen such
beauty they close.
