The Complete Poems
by Philip Larkin · first published 2012
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xxx, 729 p. ; 24 cm
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…least one tragedy, one history, one comedy and one of the final "problem plays" John Donne: a bunch but if none else Elegy XIX To His Mistress Going to Bed Philip Larkin: he didn't write much; read the complete poems (if nothing else, look at "Born yesterday") T.S. Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", "Return of the Magi", "Hollow men" Ernest Hemmingway: A Clean Well-Lighted Place Herman Melville: Bartleby,…
on “Becoming "well read"” ↗…(“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, 2024) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/18/books/romanti... • "A Poem About Waiting, and Wishing You Had a Drink" Nov. 1, 2024 (“Party Politics,” from “The Complete Poems,” by Philip Larkin. originally 1984?) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/01/books/philip-... • "A Poem That’s Like a Perfect First Date" April 11, 2024 (“Having a Coke With You,” by Frank O’Hara,…
on “Slow and steady, this poem will win your heart” ↗