See the lengths A.R.D. Fairburn will go to bury the misery of romantic failure.
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Author: Poetry Prof
Poetry Prof is the work of Doug Sillett, from Somerset in the southwest of the UK, a place who's greatest claim to poetry fame is as the site of inspiration for Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Nearing Forty
A sleepless night prompts Derek Walcott’s intense, introspective poem.
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Verses Written on her Death-Bed at Bath
Mary Monck ruminates on death and life in this touching verse-letter.
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Now Let No Charitable Hope
Elinor Wylie teaches us to face adversity with a dignified smile.
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The Planners
Boey Kim Cheng reveals the sinister side of relentless urbanisation in his poem that delivers a timely warning.
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from An Essay on Criticism
Join Alexander Pope on a metaphysical journey of discovery… that will last a lifetime.
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The Forsaken Wife
Elizabeth Thomas exposes what it means to be a woman in a man’s world.
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Love in a Life
Lose yourself in Robert Browning’s twisted labyrinth.
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I Find No Peace
Sir Thomas Wyatt is trapped by his own conflicting desires.
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