Tag: Frost

poetry appreciation

a touch of cold

Oct 14, 2021 #autumn, #Frost, #Hulme, #image, #Imagism, #Imagist, #moon, #natural world, #peace, #poem, #poetry, #stars, #TE Hulme by Lucy Crispin

You know that first smell of autumn? The first morning you leave the house and the air is different?—crisper, with that first whiff of deliciously decaying leaves? That’s one of my favourite moments in the year, and I’ve been looking for a poem which celebrates it. So far I haven’t found quite the thing—do let me know if you know one—but I did like the reference to ‘A touch of cold’ in this small but lovely poem, ‘Autumn‘, by TE Hulme. See what you think.

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apokalyptíria

Jan 28, 2021 #apocalypse, #apokalyptíria, #coronavirus, #Dorothy Parker, #fear, #Fire and Ice, #Frost, #frustration, #hate, #hatred, #hope, #hopefulness, #Nash, #Ogden Nash, #Oscar Wilde, #pandemic, #Parker, #Revelation, #RObert Frost, #sovid 19, #the news, #Wilde by Lucy Crispin

There’s a lot of fear, frustration and anger flying about at the moment, and this last year we’ve read many headlines and seen photos and footage we never want to have seen. Since the beginning of this strange and disturbing month one of the poems echoing in my head has been Frost’s ‘Fire and Ice‘ (click the red arrow by the title if you’d like to be read to). Does it resonate with you?

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begin in delight…

Jul 2, 2020 #Begin in delight end in wisdom, #compassion, #delight, #empathy, #Frost, #Henley, #humour, #Hymn to the Comb-Over, #insight, #Invictus, #McNair, #mock, #mocking, #mortality, #spirit, #time, #Wesley McNair, #William Ernest Henlel, #wisdom by Lucy Crispin

End in wisdom. Yup, that’ll do. Here’s a delightful morsel which I trust will bring a smile to your lips: ‘Hymn to the Comb-Over‘ by Wesley McNair’. Doesn’t the very title brighten your day?

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