Aldous Huxley chose these lines of the English Renaissance poet Fulke Greville as the epigraph for the 1928 novel Point Counter Point:
Oh, wearisome conditions of humanity!
Borne under one Law, to another bound,
Vainely begot and yet forbidden vanity:
Created sick, commanded to be sound.
What meaneth Nature by these diverse laws –
Passion and reason, self-division’s cause?
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Restless, eager, loving The intensity of your desire consumed me Curious, shy and yearning The feelings grew despite the sorrow Have you ever met a soul with so much anger and so much love? Did you ever want, so badly, to kiss so roughly it became a bite? Like waves our feelings, a sea of…
___________________________________________ Those Reels skip from Billy’s accordion skim the polished floorboards ’til they land up under your heels then swell into a pulse that tips the scales of reticence holding you fast. Into…
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Here’s the extended version from 1973, all ten minutes of it: the studio version: 1959: Related Stories Bobby Darin sings Beyond the Sea (studio version & in performance) Go to Source Author: The Best American Poetry
To honor the late John Tranter, one of Australia’s finest ever poets, I thought I would share some of my favorite poems of his over the coming weeks. “Christopher Brennan” encapsulates much of what makes Tranter so special. The poem most obviously showcases his mastery of form, which fulfills the demands of the sestina so…
