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user-inactivated  ·  3408 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 10th Occasional Give Us a Quote from Your Recent Reading

The rhythm to this poem is perfect. It's a joy to read aloud.





lil  ·  3406 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's also a joy to memorize --

ah how clearly I remember/it was in the bleak December/and each...dying ember/wrought its ghost upon the wall ?? I'll have to check that. A few times read aloud -- at least the first three stanzas and you'll know it.

user-inactivated  ·  3406 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is that! And I never bother to memorize poetry. But I've had the whole first bit at one point in time.