Category: Poetry
Poem by Hart Crane
This is one of the best known poems by the brilliant and mostly unread Harold Hart Crane. It may take more than one or two reading to catch on to his manner, though the musical beauty strikes the ear immediately.
Poems of Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion was a master of verse and beautiful composer of the Elizabethan period. Known mostly for his sometimes racy love songs, he had many voices and moods. Be sure to listen to Alfred Deller’s moving performance.
Poems by John Gould Fletcher
Although largely forgotten these days, John Gould Fletcher was a very famous poet in the 1920s, and it was a great coup for the Southern Agrarians to have included his essay on Southern education in I’ll Take My Stand.
Poems by Conrad Aiken
Conrad Aiken was born in Savannah but after his parents’ death (when he was two), he was reared by an aunt in Cambridge, Massachusets . At Havard, he and Eliot were friends and colleagues.
Poem: North of Arezzo
A poem written long ago in a style and vein that might have pleased the subject, Peter Russell.
