National Poetry Day

Barmaid | 13:30 Thu 03rd Oct 2024 | Arts & Literature

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Apparently today is National Poetry Day.

I'm not massively into poetry but have loved "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noye since I was a child. I won't post it here because it does go one quite a bit, but was the inspiration for Fleetwood Mac's video to "Everywhere".

Do you have a favourite poem?

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ladybirder

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I remember loving this one as well. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by DylanThomas.Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night.Good men, the...

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douglas9401

Although I enjoyed Shaky at school, mainly due to having decent teachers to decipher it, these days I can't read it without picturing scenes from Upstart Crow.

david small

jourdain2. Sorry, not that sort of performance.

sandyRoe

Crossing the bar.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45321/crossing-the-bar

jourdain2

Thanks for that, Sandy. Another lovely, beautiful poem - and another examply of the benefits of ageing ...... and why youngsters are ... well... youngsters. Certain things arrive with age.

sandyRoe

And Ulysses by the same man.

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