Wild Unsayable: on Wonder and Reason

Wonder as the ultimate emotional/intellectual confluence

Dear Friends,

It’s been a long time since I’ve written on wonder here, and I’ve missed it. I hope that some of you have, too!

I don’t think I’ve shared the title of my PhD thesis—Wild Unsayable: Wonder in Romantic and Contemporary Poetry. The phrase “wild unsayable” comes from one of Mark Doty’s beautiful “Deep Lane” poems from the book of the same title…