June Thunder : Louis MacNeice : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :

June Thunder : : : : by Louis Macneice : : : : : : The Junes were free and full, driving through tinyRoads, the mudguards brushing the cowparsley,Through fields of mustard and under boldly embattledMays and chestnuts Or between beeches verdurous and voluptuousOr where broom and gorse beflagged the chalkland–All the flare and gustoContinue reading “June Thunder : Louis MacNeice : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Star Gazer : Louis MacNeice : : Star Poems : :

Louis MacNeice Star-GazerForty-two years ago (to me if to no one elseThe number is of some interest) it was a brilliant starry nightAnd the westward train was empty and had no corridorsSo darting from side to side I could catch the unwonted sightOf those almost intolerably brightHoles, punched in the sky, which excited me partlyContinue reading “Star Gazer : Louis MacNeice : : Star Poems : :”

Snow : Louis MaCneice : : Winter Poems : :

SnowBY LOUIS MACNEICEThe room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was 1Spawning snow and pink roses against it 2Soundlessly collateral and incompatible: 3 World is suddener than we fancy it. 4 World is crazier and more of it than we think, 5 Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portionA tangerine and spit the pips andContinue reading “Snow : Louis MaCneice : : Winter Poems : :”

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