Poetry Challenge 2013 Here at Leeds Book Club, we're always looking for new poems and poets...well I say we...me mostly. This year, we've invited our friends from the blog and tweet sphere to share their favourite poems. Hope that you enjoy these! * * * * * Huge thanks to Leeds Playlist for putting together … Continue reading Leeds Playlist Choice – Poetical Playlist
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Leeds Inspired choice – Morning Song by Sylvia Plath
Poetry Challenge 2013 Here at Leeds Book Club, we're always looking for new poems and poets...well I say we...me mostly. This year, we've invited our friends from the blog and tweet sphere to share their favourite poems. Hope that you enjoy these! * * * * * Leeds Inspired has chosen the following poem to … Continue reading Leeds Inspired choice – Morning Song by Sylvia Plath
Sonnet XVII – Pablo Neruda
Sonnet XVII I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the … Continue reading Sonnet XVII – Pablo Neruda
Phenomenal Woman – Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my … Continue reading Phenomenal Woman – Maya Angelou
A Child’s Garden – Rudyard Kipling
A Child's Garden R. L. StevensonNow there is nothing wrong with me Except -- I think it's called T.B. And that is why I have to lay Out in the garden all the day. Our garden is not very wide And cars go by on either side, And make an angry-hooty noise That rather startles … Continue reading A Child’s Garden – Rudyard Kipling
Fairy-Land – Edgar Allan Poe
Fairy-Land Dim vales- and shadowy floods- And cloudy-looking woods, Whose forms we can't discover For the tears that drip all over! Huge moons there wax and wane- Again- again- again- Every moment of the night- Forever changing places- And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces. About twelve by the … Continue reading Fairy-Land – Edgar Allan Poe
Interview with James Schwartz!
LBC is joined by James Schwartz - @QueerAsPoetry - author of Growing up Gay and Amish in America and poet for a chat about everything but the kitchen sink! ***LANGUAGE WARNING *** - We're actually very restrained. For us. So... the usual warning applies! ***SPOILERS WARNING *** - Not so spoiler-tastic, just our thoughts … Continue reading Interview with James Schwartz!
Your book blog needs you!!
Happy National Poetry Day!* Already thinking ahead to next year and inspired by todays celebrations online, I thought that it would be fun to invite our friends to join us for a year long poetry project. I would like you - that's right, you squirming there - to let me know what your favourite poem … Continue reading Your book blog needs you!!
Mother to Son – Langston Hughes
Mother to Son Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the … Continue reading Mother to Son – Langston Hughes
Home by Dennis O’Driscoll
Home when all is said and done what counts is having someone you can phone at five to ask for the immersion heater to be switched to ‘bath’ and the pizza taken from the deepdreeze Dennis O'Driscoll
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