https://twitter.com/lake_scum/status/1127982075611578369 Anyway, Franchescanado posted:My dad read me this poem when I was a kid and I always enjoyed it. I'm interested in thoughts/criticisms about it. Thanks for posting this, I hadn't seen before and yeah it's great. I think there's a specific kipling poem it's imitating but I'm not sure which one . Hrm. maybe https://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/mandalay.html maybe https://www.bartleby.com/364/121.html I also recommend Orwell's essay on Kipling every time Kipling's mentioned: https://www.george-orwell.org/Rudyard_Kipling/0.html quote:
Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 15:36 on May 15, 2019 |
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My favorite Irish poet is probably Seamus Heaneyquote:Scaffolding quote:The Guttural Muse Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Aug 31, 2019 |
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Eat The Rich posted:Hi. I'm new to poetry. What is everyone's favorite poetry books(collection??) ? https://twitter.com/peterbourgon/status/807757490310025216 Also the Edna St. Vincent Millay translations of Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal basically though skim the thread above it's full of good poo poo Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Sep 7, 2019 |
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chernobyl kinsman posted:let's have some good proper british poems that every red-blooded man and boy ought to appreciate Me, in real life, just now me and some folks walking out of a bar friend of mine, his shoe's untied i say "hey man, your shoe's untied" he says "I'm fine with it" I say "ok, so long as you're master of your sole"
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wode posted:That's good to hear! I'm insecure about liking her She's one of those where you think she' neat at first, then you read her more and start thinking she's trite, then you read her more and realize she's far better than you'd been willing to accept. It takes a lot of skill to make it look that easy.
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It's fuckin' brilliant and I I wish I knew more ways to publicize it.
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