When Death Comes -Mary Oliver When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox; when death comes like an iceberg between [...] www.loc.gov/programs/poe...

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Why in my case is that I was rear ended at a stop light this morning! -WB Yeats Why should not old men be mad? Some have known a likely lad That had a sound fly-fisher’s wrist Turn to a drunken journalist; A girl that knew all Dante once [...] thepoetryhour.com/poems/why-sh...

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Exiled -Edna St Vincent Milay Searching my heart for its true sorrow, This is the thing I find to be: That I am weary of words and people, Sick of the city, wanting the sea; Wanting the sticky, salty sweetness Of the strong wind and shattered spray; [...] allpoetry.com/Exiled

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Out at sea For a year Floating free From all fear Every day Blowin' spray In a dolphin's smile Wind-taut lines Split the sky Curlin' crest Rollin' by Floating free Aimlessly In a dolphin's smile Rainbow's end Everywhere Full of life Free as air Childhood's dream... youtu.be/d3uxnGUhWCY

The Byrds - Dolphin's Smile (Alternate Mix)

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How Simile Works Albert Goldbarth The drizzle-slicked cobblestone alleys of some city; and the brickwork back of the lumbering Galapagos tortoise they'd set me astride, at the "petting zoo".... The taste of our squabble still in my mouth [...] poets.org/poem/how-sim...

How Simile Works

The drizzle-slicked cobblestone alleys

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Upon Julia's Clothes -Robert Herrick Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes. Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see That brave vibration each way free, O how that glittering taketh me! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47339/...

@rogermcguinn takes us to sea all because of Handsome Molly: So I wish I was in London,
Or some other seaport town
I’d put my foot on a steamboat
I’d sail the ocean ‘round. www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkde...

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On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress Running like a watercolor in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations youtube.com/watch?v=2i46...

Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (HD)

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Today’s Poem: The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten

Myself when young did eagerly frequent / The Backyard Fence and heard great Argument

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So much I could say if I had the right word... Wordle 1,867 5/6* ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I can't wait much longer For the clouds to break For the clock to change In the jaws of a monster But my hand don't shake I'm giving everything away Driving down the lonely road into the ocean Sorry my love, I am leaving this world, oh-oh Beyond love, I am stretching everlonger youtu.be/Tgakar1FpMo

Geese - Gravity Blues

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What the Goose-Girl Said About the Dean -Edith Sitwell Turn again, turn again, Goose Clothilda, Goosie Jane. Bright wooden waves of people creak From houses built with coloured straws Of heat; Dean Pasppus’ long nose snores Harsh as a hautbois, marshy[...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53974/...

Great photos from Gordon Ball's new collection, “Ginsberg & Beat Fellows,” along with a reflective essay on publicity and talent from the Sitwells to Bloomsbury to, the true object of the essay, the Beats. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and the self-mythologizing Beat Generation

A new book focuses afresh on the movement that produced “On the Road,” “Naked Lunch” and “Howl.”

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I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my roof and walls And from the shelter of my mind Through the window of my eyes I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets To England, where my heart lies My mind’s distracted and diffused youtu.be/Y5nHscnv_Hg

Paul Simon - Kathy's Song - BBC - Five To Ten Series - 1965

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Vivien’s Song -Alfred, Lord Tennyson In Love, if Love be Love, if Love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne’er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, [...] substack.com/home/post/p-...

Today’s Poem: Vivien’s Song

Trust demanded by the untrustworthy, in Tennyson’s love lyric

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Just out in IEEE Spectrum, "A Martian Rover Sends a Postcard Home" by Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social #poetryforengineers www.facebook.com/100064860722...

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You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain Too much love drives a man insane You broke my will, but what a thrill Goodness gracious, great balls of fire I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny You came along and you moved me honey I've changed my mind, this love is fine youtu.be/UFnfMJxYkYw

Great Balls Of Fire - Otis Blackwell

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The Truly Great Stephen Spender I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history Through corridors of light, where the hours are suns, Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition [...] www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54715/...

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