Chester Kallman
“and told us to
expect him sooner
or later in Athens”
—James Merrill
Harvard Magazine,
September-October 1980
Like Yeats’ A Vision—
Ghostwritten by his wife
On the train at night from
San Bernardino thru the
Fragrant orange groves…
One can imagine—
The Ballroom of Sandover
Full of illustrious guests,
Almost an alphabet of
August influences & ghosts.
Jane Austen, Marius Bewley,
Congreve, Dante, Maya Deren,
Auden, Alice Toklas with her
Brownies and, of course, the
One & only Gertrude Stein.
As well as handsome, young
Yannis, the Greek lover of
Chester Kallman who inspired
Auden’s companion so rudely,
His face buried in the pillow.
“and told us to
expect him sooner
or later in Athens”
—James Merrill
Harvard Magazine,
September-October 1980
Like Yeats’ A Vision—
Ghostwritten by his wife
On the train at night from
San Bernardino thru the
Fragrant orange groves…
One can imagine—
The Ballroom of Sandover
Full of illustrious guests,
Almost an alphabet of
August influences & ghosts.
Jane Austen, Marius Bewley,
Congreve, Dante, Maya Deren,
Auden, Alice Toklas with her
Brownies and, of course, the
One & only Gertrude Stein.
As well as handsome, young
Yannis, the Greek lover of
Chester Kallman who inspired
Auden’s companion so rudely,
His face buried in the pillow.
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