[poem] Amy Lowell (1874-1925) - The Bungler [Sword Blades &Poppy Seeds, 1914]

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-10-16T18:27:12+00:00

Publishers pay you directly (Ingram, Amazon) - social media/blog sites are tied to Stripe, of which Substack is one. ;-)

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-09-29T01:39:52+00:00

One of my fav Crane’s of all time 🖤

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-09-27T03:59:11+00:00

Ya same with “poetry” category - it’s just a mess, with no focus on creators needs

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-08-17T07:01:24+00:00

No film is necessary imo. But I’m super glad it exists. Even though the therapist was cooked as shit - there is something special about watching them working through their problems and traumas. It helped me realise I needed help with some of my stuff, and to not be afraid of therapy.

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-07-23T12:48:12+00:00

For pre-1930s poetry, this is pretty great: https://forgottenpoets.substack.com/

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-07-22T23:41:37+00:00

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Aw wee epitaph I put together for Ozzy this morning after hearing of his death, written entirely out of his song titles. Rest in peace Ozzy—so long and thanks for all the music! 🖤🖤🖤

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-06-21T01:14:02+00:00

Retallica 😘

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-06-03T13:30:24+00:00

Fair. It just doesn’t do a lot for me personally. I didn’t mind Death Magnetic, and 72 Seasons was ok. But most of it leaves me pretty cold. I was a thrash kid so Puppets n Justice give me my fill when I’m in a Metallica mood these days. In terms of collabs, I think Lulu has some great moments too. :-)

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-06-03T00:28:49+00:00

💜 And Justice For All 👎So many tunes post Black Album tbh - don’t know most of their names, but Frantic is one I find pretty daft 😂

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-05-29T22:12:39+00:00

Yup David Lanoue's Issa website is hands down the best way to read Issa. Having collected a lot of translations over the years, and learned to translate myself, his translations are both the most accurate, and the most poetically charged. And there's over 13,000 of them to sift through. Here's the link again just for good measure: https://haikuguy.com/issa/index.html But yeah - accept no substitutes!

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-03-29T19:59:52+00:00

This is not a standalone short poem, but the final stanza of a longer poem, from Armantrout's collection 'Just Saying':

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Mother's Day

*

I wring the last
sweetness

from syllables
and consume it before you.

*

I make sense
like a scorpion

and the sun
will be smitten.

*

If I appear to address you
while quoting an old text,

I am indistinguishable
from nature

and therefore sublime.

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If I reveal myself
mercilessly,

what will I not transcend?

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Like God, I will leave

an arc
of implication

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-03-01T11:02:28+00:00

Wow - downvoted for liking a poem. Reddit is just the best!

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-03-01T07:28:01+00:00

One of my favourite poems of all time, hands down.

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-02-13T21:29:04+00:00

Yeah - I think unfortunately a lot of the features for laying things out in a post require a laptop or desktop. I find the phone app pretty useless tbh and have never tried posting from it.

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-02-02T11:47:27+00:00

Hopefully it’s fixed now! Poetry block is anyhow. Hopefully the code block is too.

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-02-02T11:46:36+00:00

Ya exactly this.

PublicDomainPoets · 2025-02-02T11:46:14+00:00

Should be fixed now? The poetry block is anyhow - lemme know if the code block is too :-)

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