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Poem of the Week: “Apple Blossom” by Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice’s “Apple Blossom” evokes a feeling of eternal optimism, of continuous appreciation of the world and all of its wonders. Where the “first apple” from the Garden of Eden, the cause of Adam and Eve’s fall, could easily be perceived as a symbol of hardship, MacNeice transforms it into a symbol of renewal and…
Continue ReadingPoem of the Week: “No More Sea” by Louis MacNeice
Dove-melting mountains, ridges gashed with water,
Itinerant clouds whose rubrics never alter,
Give, without oath, their testimony of silence
To islanders whose hearts themselves are islands;
Historic Photograph Featuring Louis MacNeice Up for Grabs
Literary Giants: From left, Louis MacNeice, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender at Faber and Faber publishing party If you’re looking to be the owner of a rare literary moment in history, look no further! This iconic photograph shows the five men congregating at a party organized by their publisher, Faber and Faber….
Continue ReadingPoem of the Week: “The Heated Minutes” by Louis MacNeice
Time ticks routinely: there are always sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour, and twenty-four hours in a day. The speaker in “The Heated Minutes” from our upcoming Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems describes how time feels hot, taut, and dull: the heat of anxiety, the dullness of loneliness, and the tautness of a…
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