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Tag Archives: W.H. Auden
“terribly Edwardian”
I go to bed feeling terribly Edwardian and back-number, and yet, thank God, delighted that people like Wystan Auden should actually exist. — Harold Nicolson after a reading by Auden
Performing
From the beginning [Oscar] Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fate had taken the plot out of his hands. — WH Auden, 1963
“refreshment”
As I get older, and things get gloomier and more difficult, it is to poets like Horace and Pope that I find myself more and more turning for the kind of refreshment I require. — WH Auden, 1969
National Poetry Month: W.H. Auden
April is National Poetry Month. I’ll lead off here with my favorite poem, one I come back to again and again and again …It’s even been a bit of a life raft at times. A bit? How about completely? Below … Continue reading
Today in history: Sept. 1, 1939
Germany invaded Poland. SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 W.H. Auden I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright … Continue reading
Auden on Yeats
Here’s a poetic masterpiece (in honor of National Poetry Month) In Memory of W.B. Yeats by Auden I He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, And snow disfigured the public statues; The … Continue reading
Lines 7 and 8
In honor of World Poetry Day, I give to you my favorite poem: “The More Loving One”, by Auden. More thoughts on this poem are in the extended entry – you can just click on that. I know my poem … Continue reading
Auden on Hardy
“For more than a year, I read no one else but Thomas Hardy.” — Auden
Auden on Yeats
In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start. In the prison of his days, Teach the free man how to praise. — Auden, “In Memory of Yeats”
Crooked
O look, look in the mirror? O look in your distress: Life remains a blessing Although you cannot bless. O stand, stand at the window As the tears scald and start; You shall love your crooked neighbor With your crooked … Continue reading