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"Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art."
~ Thomas Hardy, born today, 1840.
Culture | The Guardian USI devoured classic novels as a teenager. In a world of distractions, can I relearn how to read them? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/classic-novels-relearn-how-to-read-distractions-screens #Books #Fiction #Classics #CharlesDickens #ThomasHardy #GeorgeEliot #BramStoker #LaurenceSterne #Culture
I devoured classic novels as a teenager. In a world of distractions, can I relearn how to read them?
In less than a decade, surrounded by screens, I lost my ability to read some of the best books ever written. But, inspired by the Guardian’s 100 best novels list, I was determined to get it back
Julie HowlinIn his twenties he moved to London and worked for the architect Arthur Blomfield (famous for, among other things, the chapel at Tyntesfield in Somerset).
10 things you might not know about Thomas Hardy.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/06/2-june-thomas-hardy.html
KillBait NewsThe History and Legacy of the Hardy Tree at St Pancras Old Church
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The History and Legacy of the Hardy Tree at St Pancras Old Church
The Hardy Tree was a famous ash tree in the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church, London, known for the dense cluster of Victorian gravestones encircling its base. Traditionally, the arrangement of the headstones has been attributed to the young Thomas Hardy, who supervised the respectful exhumation and relocation of graves during the 1860s construction of the Midland Railway line. While the story has become a cherished literary legend, historical research suggests that the gravestones were likely placed later as a rockery, and the tree grew naturally within the pile during the mid-20th century. Over the years, the Hardy Tree became a symbol of the passage of time, nature reclaiming human spaces, and the blending of life and death in a historical context. By 2014, the tree had been weakened by a parasitic fungus, and following winter storms, it collapsed on December 27, 2022. Fortunately, the surrounding gravestones were mostly unharmed. In 2024, a replacement tree was planted to honor the site's cultural and literary significance, ensuring that the legacy of the Hardy Tree and its connection to Thomas Hardy continues to be celebrated.
Andrew ShieldsThomas Hardy’s “The Bridge of Lodi” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “Questions of Travel”. #111Words #Poetry #ThomasHardy #TheBridgeOfLodi #Napoleon #Lodi #TheBattleOfLodi #History #ElizabethBishop #QuestionsOfTravel https://111-words.ghost.io/thomas-hardys-the-bridge-of-lodi-and-elizabeth-bishops-questions-of-travel/
Thomas Hardy’s “The Bridge of Lodi” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “Questions of Travel"
In Thomas Hardy's poem "The Bridge of Lodi", in "Poems of the Past and the Present" (1901), about a visit to the site of Napoleon's early military success in Lodi, Lombardy, the speaker discovers that nobody there seems to know anything about that battle: "[...] wherefore should I be here, / Watching
The acknowledgments in the preface to Thomas Hardy’s “Poems of the Past and the Present” (1901). #111Words #Poetry #ThomasHardy #PoemsOfThePastAndThePresent #Acknowledgments #PoetryCollections #Paratexts https://111-words.ghost.io/the-acknowledgments-in-the-preface-to-thomas-hardys-poems-of-the-past-and-the-present-1901/
The acknowledgments in the preface to Thomas Hardy’s “Poems of the Past and the Present” (1901)
In his Preface to "Poems of the Past and the Present" (1901), Thomas Hardy thanks "the editors and proprietors" of a long list of publications "for permission to reprint from their pages" poems they had previously published. At least in the United States, this is now a conventional statement for
skuaThat approach resulted in #TheMayorOfCasterbridge by #ThomasHardy.
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
my pile of papers and unread books
The Sunset Branch
W. S. Di Piero
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/09/the-sunset-branch-w-s-di-piero-poem
Falling helplessly into eternity
What You Were Saying
George Franklin
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https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/14/what-you-were-saying-by-george-franklin/
