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Good old Larkin! This reminds me of Toads, which, of course is well-known. However, he also has a poem called Toads Revisited, which, depending on your reading,
by Jun8 15y ago
Good old Larkin! This reminds me of Toads, which, of course is well-known. However, he also has a poem called Toads Revisited, which, depending on your reading, may be heartbreaking in its conformism.
- qohen 15y ago> Good old Larkin! Mmm...no. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Nobody!_Who_are_you%3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Nobody!_Who_are_you%3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson
- Jun8 15y agoThanks for pointing that out :-) The reference and the post reminded me of Larkin's two poems, but maybe I didn't phrase the mental hyperlink clearly. But more importantly, thanks for at least checking the reference out in the parent rather than giving it a downvote, as some here are apt to do. I guess some think that any poetry relevance would be irrelevant in HN. To those I would reply: It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. (from Asphodel, http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15541 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15541).