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I like grumpy poems, Larkin's 'This Be The Verse' - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/
by inflatableDodo 7y ago
I like grumpy poems, Larkin's 'This Be The Verse' - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-ver... and Betjeman's 'Slough' - http://www.oatridge.co.uk/poems/j/john-betjeman-slough.php http://www.oatridge.co.uk/poems/j/john-betjeman-slough.php being particular favourites.
- frereubu 7y agoThat Larkin poem is exactly what I thought of. Although not poetry, you might enjoy Thomas Bernhard as well if you don't know him already. "My Prizes" is a good short starting point: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/02/10/darkest-comedian/ https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/02/10/darkest-comedian...
- inflatableDodo 7y agoThank you. Digging through quotes, I like him already - "What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth."