poetry

[SHALOM]

Who wrote the poems which contain the following lines?
1) Very bananas
2) The old star-eaten blanket of the sky
Many thanks

[kettledrum]

1. Wendy Cope

[kettledrum]

Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,
In a flash of gold heels on the hard pavement.
Now see I
That warmth�s the very stuff of poesy.
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie.

T E Hulme

[kettledrum]

The Uncertainty of the Poet

I am a poet.
I am very fond of bananas.

I am bananas.
I am very fond of a poet.

I am a poet of bananas.
I am very fond.

A fond poet of 'I am, I am'-
Very bananas.

Fond of 'Am I bananas?
Am I?' - a very poet.

Bananas of a poet!
Am I fond? Am I very?

Poet bananas! I am.
I am fond of a 'very.'

I am of very fond bananas.
Am I a poet?

Wendy Cope

[Clanad]

The referenced quote from T.E. Hulme's piece is titled The Embankment (The Fantasia of a Fallen Gentleman on a Cold, Bitter Night)...

[SHALOM]

Thanks Kettledrum. Am I correct on this one:- A little purple - slipped between by Emily Dickinson?

[kettledrum]

A slash of Blue--
A sweep of Gray--
Some scarlet patches on the way,
Compose an Evening Sky--
A little purple--slipped between--
Some Ruby Trousers hurried on--
A Wave of Gold--
A Bank of Day--
This just makes out the Morning Sky.

-Emily Dickenson