Our second meeting found us revisiting some poets and unexpectedly encountering others. Lachlan McKinnon made his second appearance in 2 months and his poem ‘Strewth’ caused much discussion over its topic (the ecological consequences of singing in the bath) rather than its style. ‘At Tea’, by Thomas Hardy, though short, prompted discussion of its ‘backstory’ as well as the allusiveness of its rhyme scheme. ‘Lines Written in Dejection’, by W.B.Yeats puzzled us with its strange and un-Yeats-like imagery. Tony Harrison’s ‘The Icing Hand’ provoked a good deal of discussion.
These were poets who had been included in the Saturday Poetry group on various occasions. But oddly, we had never looked at one of Byron’s most famous – ‘She Walks in Beauty like the Night’. It received a mixed reception once we had heard it.
Among other ‘new’ poems, were Anne Stevenson’s ‘The Marriage’, Christina Rosetti’s ‘From Sing-Song’, and ‘Last Night As I Was Sleeping’ by Antonio Machado, (translated from the Spanish), a very thought-provoking poem.
We continue next month with our Free Choice of poems.
These were poets who had been included in the Saturday Poetry group on various occasions. But oddly, we had never looked at one of Byron’s most famous – ‘She Walks in Beauty like the Night’. It received a mixed reception once we had heard it.
Among other ‘new’ poems, were Anne Stevenson’s ‘The Marriage’, Christina Rosetti’s ‘From Sing-Song’, and ‘Last Night As I Was Sleeping’ by Antonio Machado, (translated from the Spanish), a very thought-provoking poem.
We continue next month with our Free Choice of poems.
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