Why is it we think that we
Can cure all of society?
We can by no means see all ends;
And scarcely can keep love or friends.
And yet the myth remains intact,
Our visions never become fact,
For once in power: deja vu —
We still will do what humans do
You have a lot of treasure in your chest…
For all practical purposes you ARE participating in NaPoWriMo.
Do you always post this often? Or does it wax and wane…
Thank you. I really just started writing poetry instead of prose back in December, and the more I write, the more I seem to want to write. I don’t think I’ll be able to keep this pace up, I’ve been at a three-a-day pace for a few weeks now.
Who are some of your favorite poets, or eras of poetry?
I love English poetry from the 16 & 1700’s. Especially Dryden, Samuel Butler and Alexander Pope (along with many others).
I also like American poetry from the 1800’s.
I love a lot of the more “straightforward” poets: Housman, Frost, even Thomas Hardy. Recently been reading a lot of Coleridge and Wordsworth, and I have a strange fascination with William Blake.
I read some Pope and Butler but I don’t know what I’ve read of Dryden. I’ll have to look some up.
I love Coleridge and Houseman – but more like their “Greatest Hits” (Kublai Khan, A Shropshire Lad) since I am not really familiar with a range of their works.
I also love Byron !
I need time alone on a deserted island to really get into the work of these great poets…hard to do with kids around.