On the surface, this 1941 Elizabeth Bishop poem is about roosters. More specifically, roosters in Key West, where the poet spent a decade. But the subtexts could not be any more appropriate in terms of
Here's a charming duet (or duel!) between a woman who loves music and a man who loves poetry, from a text by Richard Barnfield written in 1598. The battle begins with a flourish of alternating lines traded