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  • on Ghosts by Anne Sexton, on June 20, 2003
    never read this poem before. It's incredible. I am not too familiar with Anne Sexton, but after reading this intend to familiarize myself. Agree with Tina the last line is gutting. The first stanza is simply perfect

  • on Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins, on June 19, 2003
    Well I promoted this with the hope that people would read it a few dozen times and comment and discuss. Still assume it's possible. A note on this poem:

    Yes the subject matter and expression of anguish at a paradise not lost but destroyed is amazing. However, I think poets of all interests can learn from the genius of the writing here (and in other Hopkins poems, if you like this check out

    Felix Randall http://www.oldpoetry.com/poetry/771
    I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark not Day http://www.oldpoetry.com/poetry/22124
    As Kingfishers Catch Fire http://www.oldpoetry.com/poetry/758
    Carrion Comfort http://www.oldpoetry.com/poetry/12947

    etc.) The words, the words, for anyone who has sat in a grove of aspen trees in fall, could there possibly be any more excited and vibrant description of the experience than:

    airy cages quelled,
    Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun,

    It simply boggles the mind with originality and the ability of the words' rhythm to excavate memory of the experience through sound.

  • on Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins, on June 19, 2003
    This is a little different than the version that I have of this poem- three stanzas instead of two but essentially the same words. I love all of Hopkins' poems, this is one that has always rung in my mind though. Will never forget the first reading of it, so much passion at the loss of these trees. Structurally it is perfect. The ending is this lament of mayhem destroying the pastoral. It is prophetic and personal.

  • on You Men by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, on June 13, 2003
    well, i promoted this and so far no comments, thought it might spark some discussion. I don't speak Spanish, so the translation was all I have to go on, but I still think it's a remarkable poem. Circuitous and thorough, strident writing. I love the ending which is just spitting venom and I believe truth. The motivational/psychological insights are amazing, and in my experience hold for men today

    When it comes to bravely posturing,
    your witlessness must take the prize:
    you're the child that makes a bogeyman,
    and then recoils in fear and cries.

    Like that too, that seems to be where the trans. gets the most poetic.

    I often wonder what it would be like if a few more women had a say in how the world runs or how it has been run. I think these observations are spot on, and imply a pretty strong answer that question