Andrew ShieldsFeb 19
On reading — or not reading — Thomas Hardy’s “Collected Poems”. #111Words #Poetry #ThomasHardy #CollectedPoems #LouisArmstrong #Music #Jazz #ThomasHardyListensToLouisArmstrong #2002 https://111-words.ghost.io/on-reading-or-not-reading-thomas-hardys-collected-poems/
On reading — or not reading — Thomas Hardy’s “Collected Poems"

When I began pondering my poem "Thomas Hardy Listens To Louis Armstrong" in 2002, I read Hardy's "Collected Poems", on the lookout for words and phrases to plunder and then incorporate into my planned poem. As I remembered it, I read the whole book of 948 poems. But today, after

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TheEdinburghBookshopOct 14

"From sunrise the wind blows
Always to sunset
Going where the stars go

My breath the wind

This little boat my body
Its ragged sail my soul

Going where the stars go"

So Far, So Good, the final, posthumously published #poems of the wonderful Ursula Le Guin, queen of words and worlds (incidentally the author chosen most in my long-running Edinburgh SF Book Group)

#books #livres #poetry #UrsulaLeGuin #UrsulaKLeGuin #CollectedPoems #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

TheEdinburghBookshopSep 13, 2024

How gorgeous is this new Wendy Cope Collected Poems edition, complete with floral spredges?? Just arrived from Faber Books.

#poetry #books #livres #ChooseBookshops #WendyCope #CollectedPoems #FaberAndFaber #bookshops #librairies #spredges #bookstodon

Waywords StudioApr 30, 2024

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 -

An effort almost contrary to Joyce's prose dexterity, much of this could be described as traditional verse with only occasional tentative stretches into more subtle or multi-layered territory.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #jamesjoyce #collectedpoems #poetry #poems #irishliterature

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Review: "Collected Poems" by James Joyce -

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Waywords StudioApr 12, 2024

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝗺𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 -

More for completists rather than their own merit, Joyce's poems show little of the linguistic complexity or innovation of his prose.

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #3words #jamesjoyce #collectedpoems #poem

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Deutsche Tolkien GesellschaftMar 13, 2024
Gesammelte Gedichte von J.R.R. Tolkien werden veröffentlicht
Eigentlich hatten wir schon nicht mehr zu hoffen gewagt, da kam die Ankündigung von HarperCollins: Tolkiens Gedichte werden veröffentlicht! Herausgegeben von keinen Geringeren als Chr
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#Aktuelles #Primrwerke #ChristinaScull #ChristopherTolkien #CollectedPoems #HarperCollins #JRRTolkiens #JohnGarth #TolkienEstate #WayneGHammond
Gesammelte Gedichte von J.R.R. Tolkien werden veröffentlicht

Eigentlich hatten wir schon nicht mehr zu hoffen gewagt, da kam die Ankündigung von HarperCollins: Tolkiens Gedichte werden veröffentlicht! Herausgegeben von keinen Geringeren als Christina Scull und Wayne G. Hammond! #ChristinaScull #ChristopherTolkien #CollectedPoems

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Andrew ShieldsNov 8, 2023
Reading Denise Levertov for three-and-a-half years. #111Words #Poetry #DeniseLevertov #Levertov #JohnAshbery #PaulCelan #CollectedPoems https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/11/reading-denise-levertov-for-three-and.html
Reading Denise Levertov for three-and-a-half years

On 25 May 2020, I posted a quote from Denise Levertov's poem "Listening to Distant Guns", the first of the "early and uncollected poems" in ...

Andrew ShieldsJan 2, 2023
Two years with Adrienne Rich's "Collected Poems: 1950-2012". #111Words #Poetry #AdrienneRich #CollectedPoems https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/01/two-years-with-adrienne-richs-collected.html
Two years with Adrienne Rich's "Collected Poems: 1950-2012"

In the Spring Semester of 2021, I taught a seminar on Adrienne Rich's poetry. For the course, I used the second edition of Rich's selection ...