Any Betjeman Fans?

[Poetry In Motion]

Has anyone read Summoned by Bells and is it a worth reading? Lately I've been reading the collected poems and I find it intriguing.

[TranquillityBase]

Has anyone read Summoned by Bells and is it a worth reading? Lately I've been reading the collected poems and I find it intriguing.

I've seen Betjeman's name throughout my poetry reading life, but never read him.

I sampled a few of his poems online.  Very British.  If his lyrics are any indication, I'd expect a long poem would be an interesting read.

[Poetry In Motion]

Has anyone read Summoned by Bells and is it a worth reading? Lately I've been reading the collected poems and I find it intriguing.

I've seen Betjeman's name throughout my poetry reading life, but never read him.

I sampled a few of his poems online.  Very British.  If his lyrics are any indication, I'd expect a long poem would be an interesting read.

Nice! Who is your favourite poet or poetess?

[TranquillityBase]

Has anyone read Summoned by Bells and is it a worth reading? Lately I've been reading the collected poems and I find it intriguing.

I've seen Betjeman's name throughout my poetry reading life, but never read him.

I sampled a few of his poems online.  Very British.  If his lyrics are any indication, I'd expect a long poem would be an interesting read.

Nice! Who is your favourite poet or poetess?

My sentimental favorite is Dylan Thomas.  Allen Ginsberg would probably come in second.  I hold Eliot, Pound, Sylvia Plath and others in high esteem.  Still learning to read Auden.  I tend to be an anglophile.  I try to read a variety these days, too many to name.

[Poetry In Motion]

I've seen Betjeman's name throughout my poetry reading life, but never read him.

I sampled a few of his poems online.  Very British.  If his lyrics are any indication, I'd expect a long poem would be an interesting read.

Nice! Who is your favourite poet or poetess?

My sentimental favorite is Dylan Thomas.  Allen Ginsberg would probably come in second.  I hold Eliot, Pound, Sylvia Plath and others in high esteem.  Still learning to read Auden.  I tend to be an anglophile.  I try to read a variety these days, too many to name.

No Ted Hughes? Saad Hassan Manto? Hafiz? Jaladid Mohammad Rumi? Ocean Vuong? Yu Xuanji?

[Poetry In Motion]

Oh I have read Auden, I like his work too.

[TranquillityBase]

No Ted Hughes? Saad Hassan Manto? Hafiz? Jaladid Mohammad Rumi? Ocean Vuong? Yu Xuanji?

I did recently read The Songs of Lalon.

I was definitely a Ted Hughes fan in my youth.

[Poetry In Motion]

No Ted Hughes? Saad Hassan Manto? Hafiz? Jaladid Mohammad Rumi? Ocean Vuong? Yu Xuanji?

I did recently read The Songs of Lalon.

I was definitely a Ted Hughes fan in my youth.

Nice! I personally think Sylvia Plath was a better poet than Ted though. But Ted was an outstanding poet nonetheless when he was alive.

[Poetry In Motion]

I will check out the Songs of Lalon.

[TranquillityBase]

I will check out the Songs of Lalon.

the book I found is called City of Mirrors, translated by Carol Salomon

actually my shrink, who is of Bengali origin, tipped me off about Lalon

[CRNDLSM]

I don't really know who any of these people are, but just watched a video asking why Rod Mckuen fell to obscurity. Are you a Rod Mckuen fan?

[Poetry In Motion]

I don't really know who any of these people are, but just watched a video asking why Rod Mckuen fell to obscurity.  Are you a Rod Mckuen fan?

I am now. Just google him actually.

[Poetry In Motion]

I will check out the Songs of Lalon.

the book I found is called City of Mirrors, translated by Carol Salomon

actually my shrink, who is of Bengali origin, tipped me off about Lalon

I will read that. There is one apparently on the Internet Archive.

[TranquillityBase]

Nice! I personally think Sylvia Plath was a better poet than Ted though. But Ted was an outstanding poet nonetheless when he was alive.

I'd definitely agree.  I've reread Plath many more times than Hughes.  The one exception would be Crow.  I think he achieves Plathian level in that book.

[Poetry In Motion]

Nice! I personally think Sylvia Plath was a better poet than Ted though. But Ted was an outstanding poet nonetheless when he was alive.

I'd definitely agree.  I've reread Plath many more times than Hughes.  The one exception would be Crow.  I think he achieves Plathian level in that book.

True. I agree on that end.

[rowens]

Poetry In Motion posts time travel.

They show up hours later.

[TranquillityBase]

I don't really know who any of these people are, but just watched a video asking why Rod Mckuen fell to obscurity.  Are you a Rod Mckuen fan?

When I was "growing up" in the 1960s and started reading poetry for the first time, Mckuen was considered a joke, or at least a very bad poet.  I looked at his Wikipedia biography, and it doesn't appear that that opinion of him ever changed.  I'll be the first to admit I haven't read his poetry, so I can't say much more.  But it's interesting to compare his career to that of Leonard Cohen, another poet turned songwriter.

[Poetry In Motion]

I don't really know who any of these people are, but just watched a video asking why Rod Mckuen fell to obscurity.  Are you a Rod Mckuen fan?

When I was "growing up" in the 1960s and started reading poetry for the first time, Mckuen was considered a joke, or at least a very bad poet.  I looked at his Wikipedia biography, and it doesn't appear that that opinion of him ever changed.  I'll be the first to admit I haven't read his poetry, so I can't say much more.  But it's interesting to compare his career to that of Leonard Cohen, another poet turned songwriter.

I actually never read Leonard Cohen at all, I heard that name before but never got around to reading his work. Heard his songs though.