poetry

THE CLIFFSIDE PATH from kendrive ^Pro 2 days old

I am continuing Swinburne's "From a A Summer Holiday" with this work which earlier this year was chosen as "Poem of the Week" by the Guardian, where ...

THE SEABOARD from kendrive ^Pro 3 days old

[ ... ] Algernon Charles Swinburne P.S. Are you following my 'dream' poetry on my blog "I Say"? You can find it at: http://me-talking.blog.co.uk/

WHO IS SHE? from kendrive ^Pro 5 days old

LEAVE-TAKING Let us go hence, my songs; she will not hear. Let us go hence together without fear; Keep silence now, for singing-time is over, And ...

THE TIME OF LOVERS IS SHORT from kendrive ^Pro 6 days old

Today's poem has nine verses and I feel it is overlong for posting here in its entirety. Many blog readers are impatient and they are deterred by Swinburne's ...

SOFT, SMALL AND SWEET from kendrive ^Pro 7 days old

[ ... ] you like poetry, you may enjoy my new blog, where I am currently posting poems on the theme of "Dreams and Dreaming". You will find it at: ...

PUT IN THE SICKLES AND REAP from kendrive ^Pro 8 days old

This is one of Swinburne's longer poems. It is about gathering in the corn at harvest time. Or is it? I suggest that is a metaphor for war and the ...

CLEO from kendrive ^Pro 9 days old

A long poem by Swinburne. I could have said it all in just five words "By God - She is beautiful". CLEOPATRA Her mouth is fragrant as a vine, A ...

WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE from kendrive ^Pro 10 days old

DEAD LOVE Dead love, by treason slain, lies stark, White as a dead stark-stricken dove: None that pass by him pause to mark Dead love. His heart, ...

NOW I GO ALONE from kendrive ^Pro 11 days old

PAST DAYS I. Dead and gone, the days we had together, Shadow-stricken all the lights that shone Round them, flown as flies the blown foam's feather, Dead ...

TRAVELS IN ITALY from kendrive ^Pro 12 days old

Swinburne takes us to three Italian cities. THREE FACES I. VENTIMIGLIA The sky and sea glared hard and bright and blank: Down the one steep street, ...