#classic poets

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"Mine is a common tale, and all the sadder / Because it is so common"

-Christina, Dora Greenwell

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𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬

𝘉𝘺 𝘞.𝘏. 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐌𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠; 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫: 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰: 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞; 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧; 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.

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In science we have been reading the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself.

C. S. Lewis

[tcmreads]

every time i ask for poetry recs no one gives me any so i am BEGGING pls respond with poetry recs. nothing rupi kaur/insta poet-esque, but anything else i’m down for!!! classic poets, modern poets, short poems, long poems, prose, and any poetry sub-genre are welcome!! PLEASEEE!!!

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'Unfortunate Coincidence' From The Collected Poems by Dorothy Parker.

[ID: Unfortunate Coincidences by Dorothy Parker:

By the time you swear you're his,

Shivering and sighing,

And he vows his passion is

Infinite, undying-

Lady make a note of this:

One of you is lying.]

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“Would it be too childish of me to say: I want? But I do want: theater, light, color, paintings, wine and wonder.”

–Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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Classic Author Asks

Mary Shelley: Were you a goth, prep, nerd, or jock in school?

Zora Neale Hurston: Do you write in your free time? If so, then what do you write?

J.D. Salinger: What was the last movie you watched?

Alice Walker: What was the first “adult” book you ever read?

Bram Stoker: Do you prefer suspenseful horror movies, gore, or jump scares?

Oscar Wilde: What book have you read more than once?

Beatrix Potter: Do you like reading inside or outside?

Ann Radcliffe: What’s something you’re known for among your friends or family?

Lord Byron: What’s a negative quality that you can admit to having?

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Do you have a favorite poem or one you can recite?

Jane Austen: Have you ever fallen in love?

Langston Hughes: If you could be part of a literary era, which one?

Emily Dickinson: What’s the last book you were reading?

John William Polidori: What was the last book you finished?

Stendhal: Have you ever hid a book you were reading because you were embarrassed? 

Charles Dickens: What book are you currently reading?

Thomas Hardy: Are you a city or country person?

Virginia Woolf: What book has been on your TBR longer than a year?

Edith Wharton: What’s your favorite season for reading?

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– Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Love and Death (from his early poems)