An interview with mark doty ...

A Poem by Mark Doty By Robert Hass December 20, 1998 For Christmas week I ought to be able to find a poem that rings out like Handel's Messiah. What I found was a poem that describes how Handel's Messiah rings out. It's by Mark Doty, from his recent book Sweet Machine (HarperCollins). It's too long to quote all of it here. It begins by describing burning clouds, torn and sun-shot swaddlings, ...