Alistair AppletonNov 27, 20231 minPoetryThe Sabbath / W.H. AudenSome pungent Wystan in this moment when it's hard to remain very positive about humanity's inherent goodness. It's such a lapidary poem....
Alistair AppletonAug 15, 20222 minPoetryFrom "Out on the lawn, I lie in bed" / WH AudenA very Audenesque Auden poem from 1933 that undercuts the dreamy, chummy pastoral of the first few stanzas with an unsettling meditation...