Tag Archives: Rudyard Kipling
The “Leafy Light” of H.G. Wells and an Exchange with Susan Pearce
Thanks to J.G. Hammond, author of H.G Wells and Rebecca West, I’m able to offer another specimen of what I’ve been seeking, casually, over the last year or so — examples of H.G. Wells’s poetry. The following poem by Wells … Continue reading
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To Loneliness! — Stanzas 103 to 108
Res Publica, Book One, Canto the Second In which our narrator muses about what it means to be a writer in New Zealand . . . 103. A brief aside: I’m hungry and tired. The following lines may have to … Continue reading
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“The Way Through the Woods,” by Rudyard Kipling
Selected for Immortal Muse by Zireaux (read Zireaux’s comments on this poem) The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you … Continue reading
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NZ Poetry Day: Lines from Res Publica, Book One
The narrator in this scene is hiding out at writer Frank Sargeson’s bach in Takapuna, on Auckland’s North Shore. As he writes his epic story, he takes a moment to contemplate New Zealand’s literature. Lines from Res Publica, Book One … Continue reading
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