filed in Daily Life
Between Loneliness and Solitude
This week, the prolific poet and critic, Donald Hall passed away at 89. He was Poet Laureate of the U.S. and received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. Hall was married to another lauded poet, Jane Kenyon until her untimely death from leukemia. More than 20 years after his wife’s passing, Hall wrote an essay in The New Yorker about solitude, love and mourning. Don’t miss it.
Illustration by Marc Johns
Discussion
4 comments for “Between Loneliness and Solitude”
Leave a Reply
About this Site
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR is a guide to surviving, thriving and sometimes just getting through a single day. Created by Wendy Braitman (more…)
Follow First Person Singular
Greatest Hits
© 2010 First Person Singular. 
Treasures, both Hall and Kenyon.
And what a love story!
When one has experienced simultaneously intimacy and solitude, I believe, solitude and loneliness are both experienced with increased exquisite intensity.
I hope Hall died at peace.
Beautifully said. Hall had such a long, accomplished life.