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Galled to death, a year on
We seem to be entering a time of anniversaries. It’s hard to be in a time of anniversaries, especially when the intervening year has not gone at all as you’d anticipated, to plunge a perso… more →
Baroque in Hackney
Remembrance Day
christid wrote 2 weeks ago: by W H Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy b … more →
From Shoka to Shloka in Gujarat
sachinketkar wrote 4 weeks ago: Today, I attended a very interesting lecture on Poetry as Language of Persuasion’ delivered by … more →
A Bandwagon - Calypso, W. H. Auden
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lmason17 wrote 2 months ago: Dríver drive fáster and máke a good rún Down the Spríngfield Line únder the shíning sún. Flý like an … more →
Silence Comes Easy to Me
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Chris wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday in Morenci I anointed a dying woman and recited the 23rd Psalm to her. Thou anointest my h … more →
Leap Before You Look
Neha wrote 2 months ago: The sense of danger must not disappear: The way is certainly both short and steep, However gradual i … more →
1st September 1939 - WH Auden
Anannya Deb wrote 2 months ago: The last great war began 70 years ago today when Germany launched its blitzkreig into Poland. In 194 … more →
Out On the Lawn
lulukieran wrote 3 months ago: I just came in from my second viewing of the Perseids meteor shower; I was out for hours last night, … more →
On Being Humble
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Rebecca Harp wrote 4 months ago: I started the above painting yesterday, and though it is not finished yet, I thought I would do a po … more →
The Next Page
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starla22 wrote 4 months ago: Ah, what a month of transition for Atom, Lily and Starla. I haven’t written in three weeks bec … more →
W.H. Auden's "The Average Man"
cvirginia wrote 5 months ago: The Average His peasant parents killed themselves with toil To let their darling leave a stingy so … more →
Choosing the Difficult
Will wrote 5 months ago: "To choose what is difficult all one’s days, as if it were easy, that is faith." … more →
The Shield of Achilles
matteilar wrote 5 months ago: Try to keep up: For the past couple of weeks or so, Ta-Nehisi Coates has been blogging about the mat … more →
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Rachel wrote 5 months ago: Ah. I love Sarah Dessen’s books. No, it isn’t an action book, or dark comedy. I suppose … more →
Comrade Wystan and the Mystery of the Stalinist Commas
oliverobserves wrote 5 months ago: Fans of W.H. Auden might be interested in this article by David Collard from The Times: http://enter … more →
Auden's Sonnets
Daniel Hartley wrote 5 months ago: W. H. Auden perceived in the sonnet the incarnation of lopsided equilibrium. The sonnet is split by … more →
WEDDING READING: You're My Cup of Tea
Gee wrote 5 months ago: Foxtrot From a Play by W.H. Auden The soldier loves his rifle, The scholar loves his books, The farm … more →
Exhibit: Next line, please
becomingbritish wrote 5 months ago: Watching Ian Hislop’s fabulous programme about the poet laureates, I can’t help but noti … more →
Sonnet from China
warrick wrote 5 months ago: I read a blog posting today, or rather it was posted to me as it seems China is currently blocking s … more →
plain speak
pensum wrote 6 months ago: By 1940, George Orwell had behind him four conventional “social” novels and, more significantly, t … more →
