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David Mason: Fog Horns: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. David Mason: Fog Horns. A very lovely, casual poem called "Fog Horns" by David Mason can be read here. Somehow Mason has made sure that his poem rolls along quite like fog: it curls around the edges, it renders objects rather fuzzy and vague. Notice also how many of his words contain "o" - a languid, booming sound which reminds us of the title. Fog Horns" is lovely and a delightful surprise. Post a new comment. Post a new comment.
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Peter Davison: Peaches: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Died this week at the age of 76. I've always liked his poem " Peaches. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment. Post a new comment. AR Ammons: So I Said I Am Ezra. Geoffrey Faber: The Eve of War. Follow us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 1999 LiveJournal, Inc.
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Fernando Pessoa: Flashes of Madness II: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Fernando Pessoa: Flashes of Madness II. When you see me spend hours. Holding in a too-local glance. Your mouth or teeth, or your hand. And note how my soul devours. With a sleep-like trance. The commonest things that stand,. And ask me what in them I see. Since in to each my spirit delves. As if each had a mystery,. You err in your conjecturings,. For whatever obsesses me. Is not things in their many selves. Post a new comment.
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Mona Van Duyn: Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri: poetry_is
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Mona Van Duyn: Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri. Mona Van Duyn was the first woman to be Poet Laureate in the US. She died yesterday, the 2nd of December. Relating to today's poem: The state of Missouri is in the middle of the country and south of center. The New Madrid fault line runs through the state, and while geologists continually predict that a Big One will hit us soon (or eventually), significant earthquakes are very rare. Tremors happen now and then, though, I understand. By Mona Van Duyn.
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Joy Harjo: Deer Dancer: poetry_is
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Joy Harjo: Deer Dancer. This poem references specific Native American mythology, but you don't have to be familiar with the mythology to read it. The mythic qualities burn up through the human qualities. It's beautiful, and the prose-poem format brings out the echoes of the oral tradition. Post a new comment. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. We will log you in after post. Post a new comment. Post a new comment.
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Judith Wright: Request for a Year: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Judith Wright: Request for a Year. Australian poet Judith Wright died four years ago, but leaves behind a poetic body of work that will survive for generations. She had a strong voice and wrote about female strength in a manner which I find refreshingly unsentimental and non-self-indulgent. Judith Wright: Request for a Year. As always, I hope you enjoy today's poem :). Post a new comment. We will log you in after post.
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Thomas Tusser: On Thriftiness: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Thomas Tusser: On Thriftiness. Sorry about the late update! And here is a poem which I adore because I love word games. The thrifty that teacheth the thriving to thrive. Teach timely to traverse, the thing that thou 'trive.,. Transferring thy toiling, to timeliness taught,. This teacheth thee temp'rance, to temper thy thought,. Take Trusty (to trust to) that thinkest to thee,. That trustily thriftiness trowleth to thee,. 1999 Liv...
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Geoffrey Faber: The Eve of War: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Geoffrey Faber: The Eve of War. I picked up a recent anthology of First World War poetry the other day and immediately fell for this poem by Geoffrey Faber (the founder of famous publishing company Faber and Faber):. The night falls over London. City and sky. Blend slowly. All the crowded plains grow dark. The last few loiterers leave the glooming park. To swell that mighty tide which still sweeps by,. Post a new comment. 1999 Li...
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Rupert Brooke: Sonnet - Oh! Death Will Find Me: poetry_is
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The girl with the world in her eyes (. The girl with the world in her eyes. Rupert Brooke: Sonnet - Oh! Death Will Find Me. However, perhaps the memory of Brooke's poetry is tainted by the fact that he never did. See battle (so he did not die a hero) and also by the fact that his mode of poetry was quickly rendered obsolete by the beginning of the Modernist movement. Personally I think some of the last poems he wrote before dying pointed towards a more mature poetic voice. Of the last land! We will log y...
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