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the_gneech) wrote2008-02-12 08:50 am
the_gneech) wrote2008-02-12 08:50 am
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Favorite Poem?
Apparently the "Writer's Block" feature for LJ last week was to list your favorite poem. I'm not generally big on modern poetry [1], but I am fond of this little verse by William Hughes Mearns:
It was written in 1889, but always seems very contemporary to me.
-The Gneech
[1] a.k.a., the Language of Wangst. Classical verse (a la Beowulf or Shakespeare) isn't included in this. One major exception I will allow is for the Romantics (Blake, Shelley, et al.), who while they tended towards the emo, still managed to not suck.
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh how I wish he'd go away!
It was written in 1889, but always seems very contemporary to me.
-The Gneech
[1] a.k.a., the Language of Wangst. Classical verse (a la Beowulf or Shakespeare) isn't included in this. One major exception I will allow is for the Romantics (Blake, Shelley, et al.), who while they tended towards the emo, still managed to not suck.
Re: Alternatively...
Yes, that sentiment also works, particularly in this town...
-The Gneech