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October Maples, Portland by Richard Wilbur

05
Oct 2010
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This was today’s poem from Davey’s.  It’s beautiful and reminds me of the Northeast, which I miss quite a bit. October Maples, Portland Richard Wilbur The leaves, though little time they have to live, Were never so unfallen as today, And seem to yield us through a rustled sieve The very light from which time […]

Category: Davey's Daily Poetry, It Is What It Is, Poetic Mana, Poetry, Richard Wilbur  5 Comments  Tags:

John Donne Seminar

08
Sep 2010
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We’re having a seminar on John Donne’s A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. I think I understand most of what’s going on, but I have one question, which if you could help me understand, I would be very grateful.  Is this a poem about death, i.e. is the speaker dying?  Why does Donne mention virtuous men passing […]

Category: Alchemy, Conceits, It Is What It Is, John Donne, Junior Poets who did John Donne, love, Metaphysical Poets, Peter Kane Loves too much, Poetry  4 Comments  Tags: ,

‘Exstasie’s’ Centrality in Donne’s “The Exstasie”

24
Aug 2010
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ExtasieEssay I wrote this for Davies back in the day…UPRIGHT!!!!!!! (orthei)

Category: Dr. Davies, interdependence of the soul and body, It Is What It Is, John Donne, love, New Soul, Pedantriactivity, Peter Kane Loves too much, poetic knowledge, Poetry, The Exstasie, upright  One Comment  Tags:
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