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Then he resumed his new habit of reciting to himself everything James Bower had said, and all the looks and gestures that had signalled understanding, until he became ashamed of himself, and set aside his recollections,
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
Commonplace poetry
Cassio Tyrone • 5 cards
who confirms the word of his servant, and fulfills the prediction of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be inhabited,” and of the cities of Judah, “They shall be rebuilt, and I will raise up their ruins”;
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Poems
Margarita Ko • 1 card
Funeral blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from 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... See more
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from 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... See more
Funeral Blues, by W.H. Auden
I consider myself fairly well read when it comes to 20th-c. anglophone poetry. Seldom do I stumble upon completely forgotten poets who were both consistently masterful in their craft and truly original in tone. Not in one or two poems—consistently. Broomell is one such poet. https://t.co/MDwFUGtfXI
Poetry
Deathraven • 9 cards