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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Lookin' for a poem... #112178 09/15/03 05:52 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Does anyone know/can find a link to a poem by Keith Douglas called 'Words'? 'preciated, bonzal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lookin' for a poem... #112179 09/15/03 06:03 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Here's one by Edward Thomas, titled "Words" http://as3.lib.byu.edu/~english/WWI/poets/Thomas.html Not exactly the right war, but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lookin' for a poem... #112180 09/15/03 06:08 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Hmm, not quite the one - it's just that I'm s'posed to write a report about it and I've lost the poem... Not easy to Google, this one, is it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lookin' for a poem... #112181 09/15/03 06:09 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Nice poem though Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lookin' for a poem... #112182 09/15/03 06:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Might try googling WW2 poets. I'm assuming dying at age 24 in 1944 means he was killed in the war. All I could find was Cairo Jag, Vergissmeinnicht and Villanelle something or other. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lookin' for a poem... #112183 09/15/03 06:17 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Ooh... *dives back into cyberspace* Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter We're getting there #112184 09/15/03 06:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York here's a bio & analysis of "Vergissmeinnicht," which is not your poem but: http://nte.univ-lyon2.fr/~goethals/poetprop/poetprop_exile.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter You sure you got the right poet? #112185 09/15/03 06:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York How about Edward Thomas? http://as3.lib.byu.edu/~english/WWI/poets/Thomas.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: You sure you got the right poet? #112186 09/15/03 06:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Edward Thomas I can scratch the chopped liver from the grocery list? I'll just bring myself home? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: chopped liver #112187 09/15/03 06:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Oh dear, I'm so sorry... I was in the throes of the thrill of the hunt and totally mantled you. Tell you what: let's open a deli. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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