Galway Kinnell Essays
The Romanticizing Reality of Parkinson’s Disease in Kinnell's Poetry College
Galway Kinnell: Poems
“Parkinson’s Disease” by Galway Kinnell was originally published in 1994 in his collection of poems titled Imperfect Thirst. This poem describes a man with Parkinson’s Disease who is being cared for presumably by his adult daughter—the whole poem...
The Symbolism of Children in “Leaving the Motel” and “After Making Love We heard Footsteps” College
Galway Kinnell: Poems
“Leaving the Motel” and “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” present exactly different intimate relationships; the former illustrates what happens to the lovers after they had a secret affair, while the latter portrays a married couple...