Tinkering With Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson,
When all was certainly said and done,
Wrote “Better to have loved and lost…,”
Perhaps that was the bar he crossed.

written October 12, 2021
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Calasibetta Avatar
October 16, 2021 at 2:23 PM
I must confess I had to research "Crossing the Bar".... enlightened now I understand the creative story you have skillfully painted. Excellent. Blessings Paulette
Hankins Avatar
October 16, 2021 at 8:09 PM
Thanks so much, Paulette. I figured almost everyone would get the play on Tennyson because "Crossing the Bar" was so common to me from conducting funerals. It frequently appears on Memorial cards.
Krutsinger Avatar
October 15, 2021 at 11:37 AM
I bet it was! You read Tennyson? What?
Hankins Avatar
October 15, 2021 at 12:55 PM
See my response to Gershon below. Yes, I love Tennyson. His "Crossing the Bar" is one of the poems I have memorized, and I don't have many memorized!
Wolf Avatar
October 13, 2021 at 7:42 PM
Not having read Alfred Lord T., I don't 'get it.' Yet I sense a bit of high-brow, martini-dry wit here. ~ Gershon
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October 13, 2021 at 8:35 PM
Okay, Alfred Lord T wrote "Crossing the Bar" which is often read at funerals or copied on the back of funeral memorial cards. "Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me, And may there be no moaning at the bar, when I put out to sea...." I'm sure you've heard it. So, there was a bit of (would it be) irony in the poem.
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