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The true nature of English poetry

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Poems

DING!

Rhyme is a terrible, tyrannous thing,
Making your verse like a squat till ring:

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Sooner or Later

Sooner or later, out from the forest of seem,
Out of the fretting of dream,

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On the Name and Nature of God

God the Father and Mother Nature
Are creatures having identical stature,

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Tak! Tak! Tak!

God of the oyster
God of the pearl

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Haying the Beasts

I wrest high summer out of the stack,
Cram full, hot summer into the rack;

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Setting Her by the Ears

The swallows are diving with snickering shrieks
      To slash at the crouched cat’s ears:

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The Fisher

She is the sea; and he is the fisher
      Who watches the surf sliding over the sand:

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Of a Girl Running in High-heeled Shoes

Of funny girls he sings,
      Who paint their lovely faces;

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In those mid-night hours

In those mid-night hours
      Of the round moon’s pull;

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On a Sea Cliff

This tree is weathered nearly flat,
      Twisted in tangled brambles;

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About The Poetician

This website provides an ongoing collection on resources, articles and critical rants regarding the true nature of English poetry over 1,300 years.

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Subjects

  • 14th Century Poetry
  • Ambiguous Feet
  • Andrew Motion
  • Anushka Asthana
  • BBC Radio 4
  • Blancmange
  • Collins English Dictionary
  • Don Paterson
  • Dr Acorn
  • Dr Bernard Lamb
  • Editorial
  • English Poetry
  • English Verse
  • Evan Davis
  • Feltonics
  • Free Verse
  • Greek Verse
  • Green Man of Hazel Grove
  • Iambic Pentameter
  • James Fenton
  • Jo Shapcott
  • Ledbury Poetry Festival
  • Literary Deception
  • Lyrical Patterning
  • Lyrical Poems
  • Metrical Units
  • Michael Rosen
  • Michael Schmidt
  • Middle English
  • Phonosemantics
  • Poemaletry
  • Poetical Tale
  • Poetic Patterning
  • Poetry Review
  • Prosetry
  • Recitation
  • Rhyming Wars
  • Rhythm
  • Rhythmic Patterns
  • Ruth Padel
  • Seamus Heaney
  • Silly Story
  • Simon Armitage
  • Sir Gawain
  • Stephen Fry
  • Syllables
  • Ted Hughes
  • Terry Eagleton
  • The Hawk in the Rain
  • The Poetry Society
  • The Queen’s English Society
  • The True English (Poetry) Party
  • Translation
  • Verse-making
  • White Space

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