Today, while the host works in the mountains, we are featuring the first half of a longer poem by Fugitive poet Donald Davidson, imagining the inner agonies of a Robert E. Lee in retirement. Part 2 tomorrow. Associated with the Fugitives and Southern Agrarians, poet Donald (Grady) Davidson was born in Tennessee and earned both a BA and an MA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Davidson published five collections of poetry
We have avoided setting that precedent because rights/permissions are different (and stricter) for printed matter than for oral performance, and many of the poems we feature are not in the public domain.
However, you can find the text of Lee in the Mountains here:
Love the show. I was wondering if you guys could have the poems (or sections of poems) that you read in the article/ description field.
Jared, thanks–glad you're here!
We have avoided setting that precedent because rights/permissions are different (and stricter) for printed matter than for oral performance, and many of the poems we feature are not in the public domain.
However, you can find the text of Lee in the Mountains here:
https://www.wnpt.org/the-fugitives/the-poems/lee-in-the-mountains/
There is also a great anthology of Fugitive poetry that includes the poem:
https://bookshop.org/a/98428/9781879941007