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American poet Robert Lowell’s confessional verse revealed his inner torments and spoke to readers on a deeply personal level. Here Lowell reads an excerpt from his 1959 poem “Skunk Hour.” The poem describes a sleepless hour during the night when Lowell’s only companions are his own fears and the skunks that wander the streets of his town.
"Skunk Hour" written and read by Robert Lowell, from A Century of Recorded Poetry: In Their Own Voices, originally collected in Life Studies (Cat.# Rhino Word Beat R2R4 72408) (p) Harper Audio (p)1996 Rhino Records Inc. A Caedmon recording reproduced by arrangement with Harper Audio, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. www.harperaudio.com. All rights reserved.