By — artsdesk artsdesk Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/weekly-poem-paul-muldoon-reads-civil-war-suite Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Weekly Poem: Paul Muldoon reads ‘A Civil War Suite’ Poetry Apr 14, 2014 8:34 AM EDT Paul Muldoon reads part five of his poem “A Civil War Suite” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. A Civil War Suite 5. Sally Mann: Manassas Less the idea of what the world might be “like” than what it is “like photographed” has had us lug over glacier-grooved and–polished mountains what we once took for luggage, bags of hominy grits, barrels of pork and hardtack, wall-to-wall crates of wet-glass negatives, the tackle by which we still hold on with grim determination to our salt codfish, the portable darkroom in which we’ve yet to cure ourselves of the idea that art is “pure” or “impure.” Paul Muldoon’s full poem “A Civil War Suite” is published in “Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present.” In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery commissioned 12 modern poets to reflect on our contemporary understanding of the war. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — artsdesk artsdesk
Paul Muldoon reads part five of his poem “A Civil War Suite” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. A Civil War Suite 5. Sally Mann: Manassas Less the idea of what the world might be “like” than what it is “like photographed” has had us lug over glacier-grooved and–polished mountains what we once took for luggage, bags of hominy grits, barrels of pork and hardtack, wall-to-wall crates of wet-glass negatives, the tackle by which we still hold on with grim determination to our salt codfish, the portable darkroom in which we’ve yet to cure ourselves of the idea that art is “pure” or “impure.” Paul Muldoon’s full poem “A Civil War Suite” is published in “Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present.” In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery commissioned 12 modern poets to reflect on our contemporary understanding of the war. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now