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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

These two lines give me gooseflesh every time...

"But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;"

Beautifully read Eleanor.

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Chloe Hope's avatar

Same, Susie x

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Love that.

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David Simpson's avatar

I think anything by GMHopkins (apart from the death of the deutschland)

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Tara Penry's avatar

I am a great Hopkins fan. If you feel moved to record a reading to join the "Poems to Carry in the Blood" project, I won't look carefully at the date stamp that may not read exactly Oct 25th. I'll be putting together the compilation the next couple of days, and I haven't seen a Hopkins poem yet. Join in if you like. :-)

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David Simpson's avatar

How do I do this (submit the recording and where to)? Or do I just leave it here?

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Tara Penry's avatar

Record yourself reciting your chosen poem in a new post at your Substack publication. Tag me in the post (@tarapenry). Any time in the next few days will do. I’m compiling a post with all participants to publish next Friday.

This post explains how and why: https://open.substack.com/pub/tarapenry/p/memorizing-poems?r=1mk0zn&utm_medium=ios .

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David Simpson's avatar

It’s OK, I’ve found the instructions in your Substack. And there is a poem there now by GMH

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A. Jay Adler's avatar

This poem has been in my life about as long. When I was a very young man, I wrote it out in longhand for a love as elusive to me as Maud Gonne was for Yeats. Great reading.

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Eleanor Anstruther's avatar

Reading it feels like bowing at the altar of greatness. That I could be allowed those words on my lips. Wow.

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Julie Gabrielli's avatar

Oh, this filled me with such longing - "But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you," Beautiful, Eleanor. It has the same shimmer as "The Song of Wandering Aengus" -- and no wonder. . . it's Yeats! Thank you.

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James Pagliasotti's avatar

I know When You Are Old by heart, as well, and tears well up every time I read or recite it, so thanks for that. Another that I love is The Song of Wandering Aengus - I went out to the hazel wood because a fire was in my head, and cut and pealed a hazel wand and hooked a berry to a thread ...

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Eleanor Anstruther's avatar

beautiful…

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Tara Penry's avatar

Mmmmm, I saved this one til I finished some student meetings today. I'm so glad to hear you read this in the afternoon of my day, this poem that teeters between youth and age, morning and afternoon. I love the way you deliver this with such soft simplicity. This is Yeats Unplugged for a small club, after hours. Beautiful!

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Eleanor Anstruther's avatar

Thanks so much for the inspiration, the invitation to do this. I fall in love anew every time I return to Yeats.

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Holly Starley's avatar

Beautiful

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