Original poem reprinted online here: "Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River" by Robert Bly Originally read: June 2, 2013 More information about the Poet: Robert Bly Lac Qui Parle River What is actual is actual. The poem is split into three sestets which chronicles the journey of the speaker through Minnesota. If I get my geography correct, the speaker is going from Willmar to Milan to Lac Qui Parle River. So the three stanzas sort of represent each individual journey; however, the speaker introduces little snippets of techniques that expands the poem from a simple journey. I. The usage of semi-colons in the first line, "I am driving; it is dusk; Minnesota" sets up an offsetting list, or rather, the situation is deliberate enough where the reader has to focus on these three aspects. There is a speaker who is driving. The time frame is dusk. The context of the poem is within Minnesota. Yet, look at what the speaker notes on this drive, "The stubble fie...
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