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POEM OF THE DAY: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939). The Lake Isle of Innisfree (1914) I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows wi… more →
Veritas
Winifred Gill and the Omega Workshops
Christine Cariati wrote 2 days ago: by Christine Cariati Winifred Gill, Sketch of dancers, 1916 Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper The … more →
William Butler Yeats
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lkthayer wrote 4 days ago: “A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and … more →
PEDANTS OF POETRY: THE TOP TEN
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thomasbrady wrote 1 week ago: ~ ~ Paul Valery (top), Polonius & T.S. Eliot The last 100 years have seen more pedantry in poetr … more →
Paul Kurtz Gives an Answer to This Question: Is There Such a Thing as an Atheist Fundamentalist?
santitafarella wrote 1 week ago: Curiously, in the most recent dead tree edition of Free Inquiry (Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010), the 84 year o … more →
The Lamentation Of The Old Pensioner
meorthethoughtofme wrote 2 weeks ago: Although I shelter from the rain Under a broken tree, My chair was nearest to the fire In every comp … more →
POEM OF THE DAY: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
wepoplaski wrote 2 weeks ago: by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939). The Lake Isle of Innisfree (1914) I will arise and go now, … more →
When You Are Old
sekanblogger wrote 3 weeks ago: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fir … more →
Do you look like yourself?
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befaithfulbefabulous wrote 3 weeks ago: I was inspired to write this after reading Jennine’s story “Everyone is Beautiful” … more →
"A Deep-Sworn Vow" by William Butler Yeats
jdhays wrote 4 weeks ago: OTHERS because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I loo … more →
The Second Coming
Shannon wrote 1 month ago: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the … more →
POEM OF THE DAY: To an Isle in the Water
wepoplaski wrote 1 month ago: by William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939). To an Isle in the Water Shy one, shy one, Shy one of my heart … more →
Brown Penny
ginamtheresa wrote 1 month ago: I whispered, ‘I am too young,’ And then, ‘I am old enough’; Wherefore I thre … more →
never give all the heart?
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Andrea wrote 1 month ago: This William Butler Yeats (1865-1935) poem has always been one of my favorites. I have wondered at i … more →
DAVID LEHMAN TO WILLIAM LOGAN: WAAAAAHH!
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thomasbrady wrote 1 month ago: David Lehman uses half his introduction to Best American Poetry 2009 to attack William Logan. Now we … more →
"HARRIET SEES NOTHING ON HARRIET!" An Open Letter.
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Christopher Woodman wrote 1 month ago: Here’s looking at you, Don Share — “politically, personally, and poetically! … more →
SMOKING MAKES NOTHING HAPPEN
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thomasbrady wrote 1 month ago: Drugs like caffeine and nicotine are wonderful stimulants for poetry. Five packs a day, and you, to … more →
the white birds :: william butler yeats
supriyanna wrote 1 month ago: I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea: We tire of the flame of the me … more →
HI, COUP! THE 'HAIKU COUP D'ETAT' OF MODERNISM'S FANATICAL IMAGISTE CULT
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thomasbrady wrote 1 month ago: Everyone knows the Poetic Modernism Revolution begain with the Imagists, but few appreciate the role … more →
Descant in Song
extrasimile wrote 1 month ago: 1. Say frost kills flowers, kills The roots, freezes the stem, stamen, stills all The heliotropic da … more →
