Silent poetry reading
I found this lovely idea from Grace’s Poppies via Yarn Harlot
I loved the poetry I studied for O-level English Literature – we did the War Poets. In fact I loved it so much that when I finished the course I went out and bought my own copy of the book. My very favourite poem is “The Death of the Hired Man” by Robert Frost, but I’m afraid I have an incipient migraine, and it’s too long for me to copy out now.
However this one comes a close-run second:
Night Ride by Herbert Read
Along the black
leather strap
of the night
deserted road
swiftly rolls
the freighted bus.
Huddled together
two lovers doze
their hands linkt
across their laps
their bodies loosely
interlockt
their heads resting
two heavy fruits
on the plaited
basket of their limbs.
Slowly the bus
slides into light.
Here are the hills
detach’d from dark
the road, uncoils
a white ribbon
the lovers with
the hills unfold
wake cold
to face the fate
of those who love
despite the world.
three comments:
Hope it doesn’t really turn into a migraine.
Daisy () (link) - 02 February '06 - 22:18
I also studied English Lit at O Level Anne….i like Blake’s London and Ted Hughes’ Slough.Hope you’re keeping well hun xxxxx
Denise () - 04 February '06 - 00:10
I enjoyed ‘O’ level English lit too… and missed doing ‘A’ level so much I did it for kicks at the age of 35, even sitting in with the local sixth formers one morning a week. It was fantastic. We did the war poets… and Blake. Seems to be a popular choice for exam boards. I liked ‘London’ as well, Denise.I like the poem cited above. I suppose I like the idea of people in love seen as a force of nature.
Fi () (link) - 05 February '06 - 21:02
