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The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence
In the judgment of many, Lawrence's expansive genius found its happiest expression within disciplined limits, for in his short stories and short novels his powers are never weakened by the repetitions which mar some of his longer works. As a short-story writing, Lawrence at his best was unexcelled.
Paperback, 1088 pages
Published
January 1st 1994
by Penguin Classics
(first published 1964)
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Oh D.H.! How did I forget you? My running in the woods in a white dress at midnight poet! If I were the king of the world, I would declare that all poets must have beards and use at least two exclamation points and two question marks per poem, and must write at least one poem with wind in it per year.
Song of a Man Who Has Come Through
Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!
A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.
If only I let i...more
Song of a Man Who Has Come Through
Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!
A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.
If only I let i...more
Here I'm torn again with the whole rating process, because I believe Lawrence was a great writer, but as much as any other great writer whose complete poems I have attempted to traverse, his were a chore. I am not a completist for any writer (e.g., I love War and Peace, and have plodded through Anna Karenina and Resurrection, among others).
I tend to agree with something in read , I believe, in one of Orwell's assays: that Lawrence's great strength was with short fiction, although I ...more
I tend to agree with something in read , I believe, in one of Orwell's assays: that Lawrence's great strength was with short fiction, although I ...more
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love
'One thing is certain, we've got to take hands off love.
the moment i swear to love a woman all my life that very moment i begin to hate her.
In the same way, if i swore to hate a woman all my life, I should instantly feel a pang of compunction
Amounting almost to love.' D. H. Lawrence
'One thing is certain, we've got to take hands off love.
the moment i swear to love a woman all my life that very moment i begin to hate her.
In the same way, if i swore to hate a woman all my life, I should instantly feel a pang of compunction
Amounting almost to love.' D. H. Lawrence
My favorite poem from my favorite poet:
"Self Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself."
-D. H. Lawrence, 1929
"Self Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself."
-D. H. Lawrence, 1929
Adore The Snake!!
This is one I've picked up off and on over many years. My favorite is the little poem
Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Now, I could say that it is not a poem, but just a piece of observation which sticks in my memory. Which, I suppose, could be a definition of poetry after all.
Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Now, I could say that it is not a poem, but just a piece of observation which sticks in my memory. Which, I suppose, could be a definition of poetry after all.
Reading this book was an epic experience in my life. I read it kind of slow. It's really like reading someone's journal. There's just a strange powerful energy to it. Most of the poems aren't great by themselves, but together they gain all these strange momentums, they start to take you over. Some of his short ones are his best.
I studied D.H. Lawrence for a high school assignment. Lucky for me, because I really liked his work a lot. I haven't read every poem, but some of my favorite are "Ship of Death" and "Snake."
I read some of his short stories and poems in highschool and thought they were dark and depressing with few redeeming qualities. I appreciate the attempt at defining the "human condition", but it just gets depressing and old after a while.
Awesome Poet!!!! Here is one of the poems I loved. It's short.
Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing/
sorry for itself./
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough/
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
Self-Pity
I never saw a wild thing/
sorry for itself./
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough/
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
why struggle thru lady chatterleys lover and missing the lame sodomy bit anyway its that lame when you can be a complete pansy and use this as yr pillow
Heartbreakingly beautiful. (E-Book.)
Fanny Howe recommended this to me while I was in Russia.
So far, I'm still in the rhyming doggerel early poems.
So far, I'm still in the rhyming doggerel early poems.
there is a poem about a broken bird-
i forgot the title
quoted in g.i. jane movie
by guy who plays aragon
i forgot the title
quoted in g.i. jane movie
by guy who plays aragon
Lawrence at his best int terms giving an insight about life.
Rotten politics - wonderful, searching lines.
Rabbit Snared in Night. My oh my.
L.S.
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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues rel...more
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“I never saw a wild thing
Sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
—
135 people liked it
Sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
“Nobody knows you.
You don't know yourself.
And I, who am half in love with you,
What am I in love with?
My own imaginings?”
—
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You don't know yourself.
And I, who am half in love with you,
What am I in love with?
My own imaginings?”
