Hard Sonnet in a Hard Time
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Hard Sonnet in a Hard Time Donald M. Hassler
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Chateaubriand, Memoires d’outre-tombe (1849-50) A tiny monster haunts our ancient ways. My sons are grown, but puppies walk the block To keep me company. The media shock Conspires to foster fear that clearly plays Continually across the tedious days To undermine our health as well. Talk In monkish isolation fails to stalk The beast so finally our hope betrays. But perhaps if we can use the time to climb The peaks of loneliness the view will clear And style can yield a little fruit. Chateaubriand Did a fine Testamentary Preface where In fact, he sadly said he must be gone For any emphasis he sought to be sublime.
Donald M. Hassler received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1967, taught in Montreal prior to that, and then taught English at Kent State University until retiring in 2014; [email protected]. He last contributed to AQ in the fall of 2019 with “Grove City College Plays Yale: Academic Values in the Trump Era.”
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