The Mower : Philips Larkin : : Death Poems : :

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) The Mower The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I foundA hedgehog jammed up against the blades,Killed. It had been in the long grass. I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.Now I had mauled its unobtrusive worldUnmendably. Burial was no help: Next morning I got up and it did not.The firstContinue reading “The Mower : Philips Larkin : : Death Poems : :”

Still Falls The Rain : Dame Edith Sitwell : ( 1 ) : : Reading Video ( September 6,1941 ) By Edith Sitwell : ( 2 ) : : Jason Berger : Maxwell Britten : : Music Video ( Friday April 8 , 2016 ) Michigan Univ. School of Music , Theatre & Dance : ( 3 ) : : Rain Poems : :

https://youtu.be/3t74RdNUOQA Still falls the Rain—Dark as the world of man, black as our loss—Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nailsUpon the Cross. Still falls the RainWith a sound like the pulse of the heart that is changed to the hammer-beatIn the Potter’s Field, and the sound of the impious feet On the Tomb:Still fallsContinue reading “Still Falls The Rain : Dame Edith Sitwell : ( 1 ) : : Reading Video ( September 6,1941 ) By Edith Sitwell : ( 2 ) : : Jason Berger : Maxwell Britten : : Music Video ( Friday April 8 , 2016 ) Michigan Univ. School of Music , Theatre & Dance : ( 3 ) : : Rain Poems : :”

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