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on Colored Toys by Rabindranath Tagore, on August 2the perfection of nature and the delight of a child...here so perfectly one. just lovely.
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on A Man's RequirementsWell, EBB, is probably my all time favorite, if not, she's in the top three... and this poem is a great example why. She is able to capture romance and depth in her words with such tender beauty. Here she writes, actually, from a man's perspective, and you find yourself all along wanting to say, "YES! I will love you like that! With all of myself!" But then, EBB's incredible wit (and wisdom, lol) come through at the end... when this guy reveals the truth! "A Man's Requirements" of her have been high and lofty, even inspiring...until the reveal... that he can only guarantee half a year of his own life in return. I mean what a hoot! I know a lot of the girls will read this and say, "Ain't it the truth!"
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, on March 4
I just love how this poem displays EBB's incredible propensity for romance and beauty, pulling the reader completely into her comedic trap at the end. She had never been a "dummy." Not even when she was in love! LOL.
She has many other poems that do not display this "cute cynicism" toward a man's love, but here it is playfully on show with such a clever turn. This one is a regular nineteenth century Hoot! if I ever read one.
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on i carry your heart with me by e e cummings, on March 1Ah, Love, the great force of the universe...with such vast implications and applications, yet able to be held within the heart of a man. Stunning progression here in these lines... building to a gorgeous denoument and then returning again to the simplicity of the beginning!!!


The bird never answers "what to make of a diminished thing," but I think Frost has done so by implication. Let us take nothing for granted. For winter's dull prepares the heart for the vibrancy of spring. Anticipation and want breed gratitude, I think. Thus, each season of life has it's import.