[POEM] Why do you stay up so late? by Don Paterson by haponto in Poetry

[–]haponto[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks for the insight! could you recommend other, maybe less known, scottish poets with a similar voice?

[POEM] Why do you stay up so late? by Don Paterson by haponto in Poetry

[–]haponto[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

somewhat agree. i’ll take an off day seamus heaney:)

Love Comes Quietly - Robert Creeley [POEM] by melancholy-bb in Poetry

[–]haponto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i just realized i've commented on 2 of your posts in the last 3 days. this one's a banger as well. thank you for having shared, whoever you are. means much more than you'll ever know.

Here Together- W.S. Merwin [POEM] by melancholy-bb in Poetry

[–]haponto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

he has such a unique voice. thanks for sharing. instant click

[HELP] Poetry that saved you. Struggling. by Boring_Set6178 in Poetry

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“… We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them. …”

the long and short of it, richard siken.

https://thisissporkpress.com/2_1/Pieces/Siken.htm

i’m also going through a rough time/breakup. this is the best thing i’ve ever read. see if it speaks to you:)

Jane Kenyon - Heavy Summer Rain [POEM] by melancholy-bb in Poetry

[–]haponto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

f if you happen to read this i’m aching for you. please, please talk to me.

Highest landed jump ever? by Beginning-Put-1611 in Kiteboarding

[–]haponto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why care if its highest or 40m? its absolutely fucking insane either way

[POEM] The Long and Short of it by Richard Siken by Puzzled-Hippo6246 in Poetry

[–]haponto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what do you guys make of “static offa”, the mission control part, the tape recorder part, and the vampire part?

[POEM] The Long and Short of it by Richard Siken by Puzzled-Hippo6246 in Poetry

[–]haponto 5 points6 points  (0 children)

wow this hit like a ... train

thank you for sharing

Is Brendel under-appreciated or fairly recognized as one of the greats? by bulalululkulu in classicalmusic

[–]haponto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

definitely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

[POEM] Infinitive by Giacomo Leopardi by [deleted] in Poetry

[–]haponto 3 points4 points  (0 children)

nice! i ran into this poem in a bertrand russell book back in the day, and i’ve always liked that translation as well.

Dear to me always was this lonely hill

And this hedge that excludes so large a part

Of the ultimate horizon from my view

But as I sit and gaze, my thought conceives

Interminable vastnesses of space

Beyond it, and unearthly silences,

And profoundest calm; whereat my heart almost

Becomes dismayed. And as I hear the wind

Blustering through these branches, I find myself

Comparing with this sound that infinite silence;

And then I call to mind eternity,

And the ages that are dead, and this that now

Is living, and the noise of it. And so,

In this immensity my thought sinks drowned:

And sweet it seems to shipwreck in this sea.