Poem of the Day: ‘Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter’
Perhaps it’s their quality of self-effacement that makes John Crowe Ransom’s poems unusual, particularly for contemporary readers acclimatized to solipsistic, ‘I’-driven verse.
The poet John Crowe Ransom, second from right, at New York in 1964, the year he won the National Book Award for poetry. John Updike is at far left. AP
