Kobayashi Issa, “Mosquito at my ear”
Mosquito at my ear (from Modern American Poetry) Kobayashi Issa (tr. Robert Hass) Mosquito at my ear– does it think I’m deaf? Comment: “About ...
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W.H. Auden, “Musée des Beaux Arts”
Musée des Beaux Arts W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While so...
W.H. Auden, “The Fall of Rome”
The Fall of Rome (from poets.org) W.H. Auden The piers are pummelled by the waves; In a lonely field the rain Lashes an abandoned train; Outlaws fill the mounta...
The Distance of Love: On Auden’s "Are You There?"
Originially published 2006-06-07. Are You There? W.H. Auden Each lover has some theory of his own About the difference between the ache Of being with his love, ...
Tyrannical Ambition: On Auden’s "Epitaph On A Tyrant"
Epitaph On A Tyrant W.H. Auden Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the bac...