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Mr. Wickham... Hmm...

Behind again on July poems! The best poems of the month were "Siren" by Amy Gerstler, "Look Into Thought" by Charlotte Bronte, "A Silent Love" by Sir Edward Dyer, and "England In 1819" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Honorary mentions go out to "Let Evening Come" by Jane Kenyon, "Weeds As Partial Survivors" by Alan Dugan, "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" by William Wordsworth, and "Untitled" by Archilochus.

I've been behind on June/July poems, but here were my favorites this month... "I Find No Peace" by Thomas Wyatt, "Together We All Go Out Under The Cypress Tress In The Chou Family Burial - Grounds" by T'ao Ch'ien, "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke, "Pastoral" by William Carlos Williams, and "The Frog" by Francis Ponge. Honorable mentions to "The Month Of June: 13 1/2" by Sharon Olds & "History" by Robert Lowell.

I have to read 8 pages a day for an upcoming class this semester, so, dear friends, be prepared for annoying daily updates on this process (as this is the only thing that I have to keep me going through this book). So far, Robinson “Crusoe” has decided to not listen to his mom and dad, to go out to sea, despite their many protests and already the ship might sink on him… What an unlucky life he has.

This is falling short for me compared to "Normal People", but I am going to keep on chugging...

A little pretentious, but interesting.