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Poet Arthur Hugh Clough born in Liverpool January 1st 1819

I Stood on a Tower

... That same day, Tennyson wrote to his lifelong friend Francis Turner Palgrave, editor of the famous Victorian poetry anthology The Golden Treasury: "What a season! The wind is roaring here like thunder, and all my ilexes; rolling and whitening. Indeed, we have had whole weeks of wind."

Alfred Lord Tennyson
(August 6th 1809 — October 6th 1892)

Burning Roses

Patti Smith
(December 30th 1946 — )

She emerged in New York In the early 1970's as a feminist punk poet of huge presence and talent. She followed this with the seminal album, Horses, in 1975, which many people consider a key precursor to the punk records of a few years later.

Garden tenderly, darkened, almost

Rainer Maria Rilke
(December 4th 1875 —‚ December 29thh 1926)

translated by Michael Hamburger

...He was sent to military academy and business school against his will but nonetheless found his poetic voice early, publishing his first collection at the age of 19. He became one of the most influential poets of the 20th century and an important mentor to many younger poets.

The Pebble Who Has No Toes

...

But before he touched the shore
The shore of the Bristol Channel,
A sea-green Porpoise carried away
His wrapper of scarlet flannel.
And when he came to observe his feet
Formerly garnished with toes so neat
His face at once became forlorn
On perceiving that all his toes were gone!

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Edward Lear
May 12th 1812 — January 29th 1888)

Advice to the Old (Including Myself)

Kay Boyle
February 19th 1902 — December 27th 1992)

...She was a committed social activist as much as a writer, and believed above all that "the writer must recognize and must accept his commitment to his times." Her poetry and short stories bear witness to the injustices she observed.

Announcement

Rod Riesco
(December 26th 1949 — )

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Rod Riesco works as a freelance translator, and became interested in poetry after attending a local creative writing class. He has been published in various collections and magazines and is Secretary of Bank Street Writers.

The Ballad of Bouillabaisse

...

I wonder if the house still there is?
Yes, here the lamp is, as before;
The smiling red-cheeked écaillére is
Still opening oysters at the door.
Is Terré still alive and able?
I recollect his droll grimace;
He'd come and smile before your table,
And hope you liked your Bouillabaisse?"

William Makepeace Thackeray
(July 18th 1811 — December 24th 1863)

From A Christmas. Carol

...

What. can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
if I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a Wise Man
I would do my part, —
But what I can I give Him,
Give my heart,

Christina rossetti
(December 5th 1830 — December 29th 1894)

Out in the Dark

Edward Thomas
(March 3rd 1878 — April 9th 1917)

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After his death, Edward Thomas' wife Helen wrote in a farewell to him:"Beloved, there have been many weeks and now I have come to today. The way has been very difficult for me, but even through darkness and despair and just nothingness and fear, just as ever when these things came before, all has been well at last because of our love."