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Interesting background. Loved the epic poem;
The other side of the story.Quote:
"What color are you, gal?” She asked
and I told her, “I’m as black as last night.”
That's how I passed, without asking permission"
Arthur Bayldon
http://www.oldqldpoetry.com/index.php/arthur-bayldon
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sea-7/
AB: His poetry "rigidly formal"; a man who truly loved humanity. Nice sonnet; uncertain where the volta is though, L12 ?
Bob Hicok
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...tail/bob-hicok
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ontentId=39244
AB-Or Line 13, where there is a shift of mood?
BH-Interesting poet. Strong images of the dissolving body and the dissolving conscience.
Hilaire Belloc
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...hilaire-belloc
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sara...dge-by-a-bull/
HB: Impulsive; "outspoken proponent of radical social and economic reforms". Associated with G. K. Chesterton. Neglected due to his unpopular views. "... The world will not care to read Belloc, but those who pick up his best books to savor his historical imagination, the overall keenness of his mind, and the simple force of his prose will need no other reason to return to him again and again." Tarantella: Delightful poem
Beatrix Potter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/beatrix-potter-poems
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-h...little-garden/
BP-Love her. Once saw a film of her life. A Victorian author for children
Pierre Nepveu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Nepveu
http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2016/1...onald-winkler/
PN: Canadian Poet: wonderful prose poetry; loved these lines especially:
"Rock me, rock me, take
my broken body, my routed heart
for I lost my footing,
slid on a solid stone
while seeking support,
saw the water darker
than the deeps of our souls
and the time of man
shrunk to nothing,
rock me for what remains of beauty
when the foundering sun
shuts the book of wonders,
the sweet legend of a peopled world,
while the rapids far off, their froth abated,
roar on through the night
like beasts that stalk their prey.
Rock me, woman who douses the lamp,
go to sleep now alone so as to feel no pain,
I journey on under a heavy weight
and eternity is for me a deep chill,
my solitude counts for less than your own,
it vexes even the dusk
where I seek forgiveness in vain."
Nikki Giovanni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Giovanni
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/possum-crossing/
NG-Italian descendence. Activism. Cute poem.Animal preservation
Guillaume Apollinaire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Apollinaire
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/P...or_Toc24461590
GA: "Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism." and "His friends and collaborators in that period included Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Gertrude Stein, Max Jacob, André Salmon, André Breton, André Derain, Faik Konica, Blaise Cendrars, Pierre Reverdy, Alexandra Exter, Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Ossip Zadkine, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp and Jean Metzinger."... enough said. Loved The Cat; The Caterpillar inspires.
Anne Ley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Ley
Anne Ley- Renaissance poet. Hard life, dubious editing story.
Note on Roger Ley-Can be found on Facebook and Linkedin but hasn´t got a separate Wikipedia bio.
Louis Macneice
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...louis-macneice
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ontentId=22603
LM: "underlying melancholy... characterizes much of his work"... "There has been some continuing critical interest in his work, and though it seems unlikely that he will be upgraded to the status of a major poet, his reputation is certainly as high as that of any British poet of the 1930s other than Auden." LM: Overall quite accomplished and, critics aside, an indelible legacy. I Am That I Am: A sad poem, from my perspective, a reflection of LM's belief, or lack thereof.
Moero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moero
Reference: http://johns-reading-room.yolasite.c..._ANTHOLOGY.pdf
pg 96:
pg 97:Quote:
TO THE NYMPHS OF ANIGRUS / MOERO
Nymphs of Anigrus, maidens of the river, who evermore tread with rosy
feet these divine depths, hail and save Cleonymus who set these fair
images to you, goddesses, beneath the pines.
Quote:
TO APHRODITE OF THE GOLDEN HOUSE / MOERO
Thou liest in the golden portico of Aphrodite, O grape-cluster filled
full of Dionysus’ juice, nor ever more shall thy mother twine round
thee her lovely tendril or above thine head put forth her honeyed
leaf.
Moero- Another interesting find! From what survived of Greek poetry one gets a small idea of what got lost.
Matthew Arnold
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...matthew-arnold
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/growing-old/
MA: "the most modern of the Victorians." Poet & critic, steeped in philosophy: "there are two offices of Poetry--one to add to one's store of thoughts and feelings--another to compose and elevate the mind by a sustained tone, numerous allusions, and a grand style." Growing Old: "Ah, 'tis not what in youth we dreamed 'twould be!".
Anna Seward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Seward
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/december-morning/
AS-"Though Canon Seward's (but not his wife's) attitudes towards the education of girls was progressive relative to the times, they were not excessively liberal. Amongst the subjects he taught them was theology and numeracy, and how to read and appreciate poetry, and also how to write and recite poetry. Although this deviated from what were considered ' conventional drawing room accomplishments', the omissions were also notable, including languages and science, although they were left free to pursue their own inclinations".
Delicate poem.
Sam Hunt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hunt_(poet)
http://tuesdaypoem.blogspot.com.br/2...-sam-hunt.html
SH: "... New Zealand's best-known poet" whose poetry contains "unabashed romanticism" and is "one of New Zealand's most recognisable (sic) figures." SH's poetry from you selection: Simple language - wonderful imagery.
H.D.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ets/detail/h-d
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/48189
H D-Search for identity, Ezra Pound, complicated love life.Sheltered Garden: Original images (association with the Garden of Eden not mere coincidence). Despair.Sheltered life X The right to transgress.
Douglas Dunn
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...l/douglas-dunn
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/larksong/