From the Poems "Fray"
Slate readers discuss poems with Robert Pinsky—and with one another.
June 2009: "Poetry," by Marianne Moore. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
May 2009: "On the Cards and Dice" and " Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son," by Sir Walter Raleigh. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
April 2009: "The Owl" and "Carrion Comfort," by Edward Thomas and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
March 2009: "All My Senses, Like Beacon's Flame," by Fulke Greville. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
January 2009: "I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl," by Emily Dickinson. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
December 2008: "The Darkling Thrush," by Thomas Hardy. Follow the "Fray" discussion, or read Slate's "Fraywatch" summary.
November 2008: "There Was a Man of Double Deed" (anonymous). Follow the "Fray" discussion, or read Slate's "Fraywatch" summary.
October 2008: "On Love, On Grief," by Walter Savage Landor. Follow the "Fray" discussion.
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