Yeah, John Dunne. I like William Blake too, though he’s moving into that “sense? What sense?” direction. And I absolutely love E.A. Poe’s THE BELLS for the sound and rhythm of it. It’s definitely a Mood piece.
As to Billy Joe–we will just have to agree to disagree. 😛 😉
]]>As long as I’m here I’ll chime in on poetry. I totally agree about the need for some sort of narrative. I love the metaphysical and romantic poets but when poetry started morphing into “it doesn’t have to make sense as long as the words are pretty” I lost interest. John Donne makes me swoon, though.
And Ode To Billy Joe? Are you nuts? Genius! Genius, I tell you! (I love the Eva Cassidy version.)
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