false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg 65349 8 This edition presents the original versions of many poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and literary attitudes later in his career. In this volume, Edward Mendelson has restored the early versions of some thirty poems generally considered to be superior to the later versions, allowing the reader to see the entire range of Auden's work. Selected and edited by Edward Mendelson 1697235 1979 W.H. Auden: Selected Poems total:518|5:232|4:195|3:81|2:6|1:4| 518 2199 708 27 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Aug 14 01:54:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 02:01:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 982532 0394725069 9780394725062 3 2 4.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/982532.Selected_Poems_of_W_H_Auden 3 0 false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:28:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:07:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 5 0 false Fri Jun 19 14:31:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 15:34:25 -0700 2009
"What does the song hope for? And the moved hands/A little way from the birds, the shy, the delightful?"

Auden's verse is magnificent; he writes his villanelles and sonnets without a trace of the "unctious urbani...more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 4 0 false Tue Oct 20 13:39:42 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 13 11:15:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 4 0 false Sat May 31 10:48:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 11:01:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 5 0 false Mon Jun 22 07:59:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:05:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 3 2 false Sat Jul 11 04:49:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 04:52:56 -0700 2009
For Heather...
Because poetry can heal the soul.
With love,
Jason
(Dec. 2001)

I've spent many an hour wondering about Jason and Heather, whether poetry did in fact heal her soul, and why a gift given with love ended up on...more...]]> 982532 0394725069 9780394725062 3 2 4.25 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/982532.Selected_Poems_of_W_H_Auden 4 0 false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 12:03:03 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 12:04:18 -0800 2008
I like him best "For Friends Only"

Easy at first, the language of friendship
Is, as we soon discover,
very difficult to speak well . . .

Worst in "The Common Life"

. . . the home...more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 3 0 false Fri May 16 17:50:38 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 18:12:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 5 0 false Wed Mar 05 09:49:16 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 09:49:16 -0800 2008
S...more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 3 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jul 30 10:56:02 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 11:04:10 -0700 2007
Follow, poet, fo...more...]]> 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 5 0 false Mon Jul 27 01:44:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 00:35:17 -0700 2009 It's a pleasure to read a poet who's range of style and subject nearly the entire galaxy of poetry, from little haikus and ironic stand-alone couplets, to lengthy meditations on religion and literature and history, to wonderful little pastoral poems. His breathed new...more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 20:58:45 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 21:01:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 1 0 false Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 22 11:10:23 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 08:41:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 0 0 false Wed Nov 12 19:53:09 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 19:54:48 -0800 2008 65349 0679724834 9780679724834 422 18 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170632903m/65349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65349.W_H_Auden_Selected_Poems 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 10:29:21 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 10:32:13 -0800 2008 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 31 13:53:48 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 13:53:48 -0800 2007 891728 0571113966 9780571113965 10 1 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179237308m/891728.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/891728.Selected_Poems 5 0 false Wed Sep 19 09:44:37 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 09:47:26 -0700 2007 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Mon Jun 25 18:44:26 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 07:34:59 -0700 2007
The Shakespeare Lectures are great, too, assuming bi-level geek status.]]> 20704 0307278085 9780307278081 78 6 4.25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167298634m/20704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20704.Selected_Poems 4 0 false Thu Jun 07 14:10:04 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 07:13:33 -0700 2007 Mismanagement and grief:

We must suffer them all again.

We read Auden for love, but it's the weariness that winds up staying with you. Gorgeous.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=65349