This poet's time in Brazil with her lover Lota Soares inspired a poem about "illegal fire balloons" and a villanelle that repeats "The art of losing isn't hard to master.
A poem by this author states "Then I was back in it. The War was on" after the speaker is disoriented by seeing "black naked women with necks wound roundÂ… with wire" in National Geographic. A poem by this author concludes "Somebody embroidered the doily. Somebody waters the plantÂ… Somebody loves us all" and opens "Oh, but it is dirty!" A poem by this author contains the parentheticals "the joking voice, a gesture I love" and (*) "Write it!" in its last stanza. This poet's time in Brazil with her lover Lota Soares inspired a poem about "illegal fire balloons" and a villanelle that repeats "The art of losing isn't hard to master." For 10 points, name this poet of "In the Waiting Room," "The Armadillo," and "One Art."
A poem by this author states "Then I was back in it. The War was on" after the speaker is disoriented by seeing "black naked women with necks wound roundÂ… with wire" in National Geographic.
Elizabeth Bishop