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MacKenzieCasts
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Surprising interviews with the best in traditional lyric poetry.
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A love poem celebrating the poet’s marriage to his beautiful wife, “Song of the Rose” is one of two entries that made MacKenzie Winner of the 2020 Society of Classical Poets Prize. It has been called a “majestic mixture of sound and thought.”
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MacKenzie studied the history of the villanelle under the direction of Claude-Marie Senninger (Université de Paris, La Sorbonne) and has applied his knowledge to restore the original spirit of this ancient form perfected by Jean Passerat (1534-1602).
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From “Sonnets for Christ the King,” this meditation in sonnet form translates a prayer of the Abbess of Helfta, St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302).
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Produced by MacKenzie & Hall, this love poem from “Sonnets for Christ the King” celebrates the poet’s immortal love for his wife.
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From “Sonnets for Christ the King,” the poem was inspired by the walks the poet and his wife would take along the Rio Grande near the couple’s home.
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MacKenzie would love to hear from you.
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