Kim Addonizio, “Blues for Dante Alighieri” (2002)
Kim Addonizio‘s blues poem first appeared in the December 2002 issue of Poetry magazine, and was later included in the collection What is This Thing Called Love (2004).
Listen to Addonizio read and discuss the poem here.
Contributed by Jessica Beasley (Florida State University ’18)
Sighting Citation:
“Kim Addonizio, “Blues for Dante Alighieri” (2002).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. February 2, 2018. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/kim-addonizio-blues-for-dante-alighieri-2002/.
Posted February 2, 2018