W H Auden

"Let your last thinks be thanks" W.H. Auden famously wrote Making Wystan Hugh My favorite male poet Note: I have excluded all of my favorite male poets on Poetry Soup, of course! :-)

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 10/20/2019 11:48:00 AM

Quite profound. Well penned.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/20/2019 1:42:00 PM

Appreciate your nice comment on this clerihew, M.L. :-) gw

Brenda Chiri

Date: 10/20/2019 2:16:00 AM

I have never done this form but my friend you always do things right so here here!;) well said;)

Judy Ball

Date: 10/19/2019 11:45:00 PM

A fine Clerihew Gershon. Love it. God Bless, JB

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/20/2019 1:40:00 PM

Appreciated, Judy! :) gw

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/19/2019 11:18:00 PM

Thanks for sharing, Gershon. That is a new one for me.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/20/2019 1:40:00 PM

In a sense, this Auden is a new one for me. I had forgotten it, truth be told, 'til I rediscovered it in the autobiography of Dr. Oliver Sacks (the 'Awakenings' doctor played by Robin Williams), titled 'On the Move.' Dr. Sacks was as literarily gifted as he was medically brilliant. Thanks, Line, and warmest wishes, Gershn

David Mchattie

Date: 10/19/2019 10:40:00 PM

Thank you for introducing him to me. I have several books of poetry that Harold Bloom has put together and somehow he missed Hugh. Have a great night my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/19/2019 11:01:00 PM

Hope you find Auden worth the 'wait.' Warmest wishes, David. And thank you once again for all of your great, piercing writes. I so enjoy them. ~ Gershon

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 10/19/2019 10:15:00 PM

What a wonderful quote from a great poet, thanks for sharing it!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/19/2019 10:21:00 PM

Yes! A truly wonderful quote. I found it quite moving when I first read it,...and I stumbled on it this afternoon again, reading the autobiography of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the 'Awakenings' doctor on whom that Robin Williams film is based. I recommend that book highly too, by the way. Thanks again!! :) gw