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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Kiser Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 11:48 AM
Quite profound. Well penned.
Wolf Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 1:42 PM
Appreciate your nice comment on this clerihew, M.L. :-) gw
Chiri Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 2:16 AM
I have never done this form but my friend you always do things right so here here!;) well said;)
Ball Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 11:45 PM
A fine Clerihew Gershon. Love it. God Bless, JB
Wolf Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 1:40 PM
Appreciated, Judy! :) gw
Gauthier Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 11:18 PM
Thanks for sharing, Gershon. That is a new one for me.
Wolf Avatar
October 20, 2019 at 1:40 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
Mchattie Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 10:40 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.
Wolf Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 11:01 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
Faulkner Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 10:15 PM
What a wonderful quote from a great poet, thanks for sharing it!
Wolf Avatar
October 19, 2019 at 10:21 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
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