This isn’t an anthology of poems. It’s a whimsical look at some famous (or not so famous) lines from poetry accompanied by quirky biographical and critical comments on the poets who wrote them. You’ll learn that Gerard Manley Hopkins was not published until 30 years after his death – fortunately he sent everything he wrote, as he wrote it, to Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureat of the time, and who released a collection. Emily Dickinson wrote over 2,000 poems – just a few were published in her lifetime. Her deceptively simple style derives from the rhythms of the hymn book, but the content is profound and often terrifying. You’ll get lines from Dylan Thomas, and then Les Murray (our greatest poet) playing on them in his verse. This is a little treasure trove, a look at 100 poets from a unique perspective.
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