this poem captures my worldview so well and shelley remains one of my favourite poets. this is probably one of the most famous, but a classic favourite of mine.
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I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Jul 2, 2024
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master of meter, style, and sadness i dont read or write anymore but was always inspired by his works even if they are old or outdated. wrote probably the greatest lyrical poems in the English language like break break break, the oak, crossing the bar, tears idle tears, ulysses, the lady of shallot, the lotos eaters etc…
also used to love keats, lord byron, edmund spenser, swinburne, manley hopkins, dryden, Milton, and my second favorite poet is probably ae housman
Mar 7, 2024
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it sounds stupid and pretentious but every time I see one of those old school British actors recite some old Wordsworth poem i think damn you really did it!!! Or George Steiner has those beautiful stories about the value of Talmudic memory during the holocaust, or Pasternak standing up to Stalin during the Soviet Writer's Conference in the 30s surely to be arrested and making everyone recite Shakespeare's "I summon up remembrance of things past.." its so powerful!!! Recitation and memory has such strength to it, and I want to keep it strong!
I'm trying to learn a Blake poem rn and I feel such a special connection to every line when I learn them... who cares if im pretentious!!!!!!
Feb 2, 2024
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I love famous poetry, Siken and Apollinaire being my favorites poets.
But poetry made by random people, people that go out of their way on a random day because they felt something so significant they needed to put words on it, make it beautiful, putting it into the world and go back to their normal life. I think i feel it more sometimes, that's why i love reading from random people of the internet ~
May 1, 2024
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my name also has eleven letters. all my siblings were born on the eleventh of their birth months too. some people say we are part of a conspiracy.
Aug 2, 2024
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knowing that i'm going to die makes me want to live? savour every moment. the sweetest release of all is the catharsis of my body leaving the earth.
also, sleep. sleep is happiness. to be able to let my soul rip apart from my body and explore the world i cannot see.
May 15, 2024
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i might not know how i'd wanna spend the rest of my life, because i think i'd be okay to die at any moment knowing i've loved as much as i can, to myself and the people/surroundings that matter the most.
but the least i can offer you is this virtual hug 🫂
take care darling, spend some time in introspection. maybe you'll find something so so beautiful buried deep within you, as dark as it seems, in preparation for death.
Jul 26, 2024