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A Book of Good Poems
A Book of Good Poems | C. T. (Charles Taylor) Fyfe
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Robert Frost‘s “Mending Wall” is an obvious choice for #Wall but came to mind because we read it in one of my college English classes. During our discussion one of my classmates, a very literal woman who missed the point, kept insisting rather belligerently that the rest of us (professor included) didn‘t understand the poem. 20 years later, I can‘t forget that, and now I think of how like the man in the poem she was: (continued in comments)

TK-421 He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.‘

#Wall #PoetryMatters
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TheSpineView 💜💜💜 5y
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Libby1 One of my favourites. 6y
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From “The Day is Done” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow #Clouds #PoetryMatters @LazyDays @TheSpineView

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“There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret #tales
That would make your blood run cold...”

My grandma loves RWS & my dad used to read this to us as kids. By the time my English class studied it, I pretty much knew it by heart. #PoetryMatters

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I teach this one to my 5th grade students! 6y
jdiehr My dad recorded himself reading this and gave a CD to my boys when they were little 💕 6y
Shaneyney My all time favorite poem! I used to have it memorized 6y
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gradcat Lovely word choices...I know they are often in aid of the rhyme, but they just enhance the beauty of this poem, IMHO....📝❤️ 6y
LeahBergen Such a great poem. 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
CoverToCoverGirl Oddly enough I recently had this read to me by a gentleman who frequents my bookstore. I‘ve never liked poetry and he‘s trying to get me to like it. It surprised me to no end when I found my self enjoying my very first poem ever! 😮 😊 (edited) 6y
TK-421 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Awesome! 👏👏👏 6y
TK-421 @jdiehr What a beautiful gift! ❤️ 6y
TK-421 @CoverToCoverGirl That's awesome! 6y
TK-421 @gradcat I agree! 6y
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“Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by #time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” from Tennyson's Ulysses #QuotsyDec18

LazyDays Nice.👏 6y
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"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live/Till Doom espy my towers and scatter them,/A city spell-bound under the aging sun./Music my rampart, and my only one." #symphony #QuotsyDec18

TK-421 @LazyDays I meant to use this last month for #poetrymatters #music prompt but I didn't have a chance to post it! 6y
LazyDays How lovely! 6y
LazyDays 🙌 6y
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A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman #Autumn #Tree #PoetryMatters

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LazyDays 💗 6y
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This came to mind for both #LostBooks & #RareBooks. I credit this as one of the school textbooks that reignited my love for poetry. I had tracked down a copy after high school, but I lost it in a house fire. It took over 15 years to find another copy! Half the book has notes pencilled in, but that just adds to the charm. #OldCoolBooks

Linsy Whoa, what a story! I love how faithful you were to your book love. 💗💗💗 (edited) 7y
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More about yesterday's #BookHaul! I could barely contain my excitement at finding A Book of Good Poems! It was a textbook I loved in in my teens. I had found a copy after high school, but lost it in a fire. It was difficult to track it down again, but I finally found it! It's marked up, but I think the marginalia make the book more special, despite the distraction. I look forward to reading this again!

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