Rhyme of the Dead Self

See the lengths A.R.D. Fairburn will go to bury the misery of romantic failure.

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Nearing Forty

A sleepless night prompts Derek Walcott’s intense, introspective poem.

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Mary Monck ruminates on death and life in this touching verse-letter.

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Elinor Wylie teaches us to face adversity with a dignified smile.

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Vachel Lindsay laments a vanished way of life.

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Thomas Hardy’s poem is touching – but also troubling when he rewrites the past.

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Armies of ignorance conquer all in Matthew Arnold’s dark and disturbing vision of the world.

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There’s never enough time says Philip Bourke Marston in this powerful poem about loss and bereavement.

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Adrienne Rich’s mysterious poem suggests we all have something to make up for – but what?

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Whatever you do, don’t pity Edna St Vincent Millay for her broken heart.

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