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Anne Sexton in “Mercy Street” by Peter Gabriel
Mercy Street Looking down on empty streets, all she can see Are the dreams all made solid Are the dreams all made real All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream In somebody’… more →
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Anne Sexton in "Mercy Street" by Peter Gabriel
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wrote 4 days ago: Mercy Street Looking down on empty streets, all she can see Are the dreams all made solid Are the dr … more →
To the Heart of Rest …
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wrote 6 days ago: The location is 1930s Oxford. At the edges of the story the clouds of war are starting to gather, bu … more →
How to take a poem apart
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wrote 1 week ago: a poet reading aloud First, why do this? Because if you can find the poem’s structure, you’ll know m … more →
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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wrote 1 year ago: Poetry, for me, is an emotional thing. I ignore all that stuff about meter and grammar, and react pu … more →
Philip Larkin: The Card-Players
wrote 1 year ago: Jan van Hogspuew staggers to the door and pisses at the dark. Outside, the rain courses in the car-r … more →
Louise Bogan: Portrait
wrote 1 year ago: She has no need to fear the fall Of harvest from the laddered reach Of orchards, nor the tide gone e … more →
T S Eliot Summer School 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: Report by David Boyd. We’ve recently returned from a week in London. “SO BLOODY WHAT?!” you might ri … more →
Poetry Week: A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts by Wallace Stevens
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wrote 2 years ago: Durer's stunning study. I first came across A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts in a second-hand edi … more →
Poetry Week on Vulpes Libris
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wrote 2 years ago: Welcome to the Third Annual Poetry Week here on VL! This year we have a wide range of styles, time p … more →
Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
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wrote 2 years ago: For Valentine’s Day Most people will recognize this poem as the one John Hannah so stirringly … more →
Strange Meetings: The Poets of the Great War, by Harry Ricketts
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wrote 2 years ago: This is a thoughtful, reflective book on the poets of the Great War, a group of writers that has bee … more →
Coming Up This Week
wrote 2 years ago: We have a nice variety for our readers this week; some old favorites, some slightly scary stuff and … more →
Reynard the Fox – or the Ghost Heath Run ~ by John Masefield
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wrote 2 years ago: Most of my youth is a blur. I’ve never been one of those people who can recall their childhoo … more →
Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot, read by Ralph Fiennes
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wrote 2 years ago: Having read Four Quartets before, I was surprised at how much more I got from it when rereading it w … more →
Thursday Soapbox: Poetry Still Matters
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wrote 3 years ago: When many people think of poetry, they probably imagine a guy in a puffy-sleeved shirt haughtily int … more →
Dreams by Langston Hughes
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wrote 3 years ago: Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dre … more →
Poetry Week on Vulpes Libris
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wrote 3 years ago: It’s the 2nd Annual Poetry Week on VL and this time we take a more intimate angle. Not only do … more →
When Grandmama Fell Off The Boat by Harry Graham
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wrote 3 years ago: The Best of Harry Graham – Inventor of Ruthless Rhymes. In February of last year Vulpes Libris ran a … more →
Poetry Week: Nothing to gain but my chains ...
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wrote 4 years ago: Austin Clarke, Collected Poems Austin Clarke, with Louis MacNeice, was one of the two great figures … more →
