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@TheSpineView

This poet wrote a poem I love, called Church-Going. Whenever I think about the physical space of church, I think of these lines:

“It pleases me to stand in silence here;
A serious house on serious earth it is,
…
And that much never can be obsolete,
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious…”

Now, compare that with the pictured text. 😂 If you‘re not already following this Instagram account, you should be.

High Windows felt like a long, gut feeling. We‘d read pieces from this book out loud to each other at parties in LA…

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra just for you."

- This Be the Verse

This book is on my TBR list. So far I am not making much progress with my desire to make a start on reading poetry but I do love browsing the entries in the #poetrychallenge2018
I thought this book would do well for the #readingresolutions photo challenge. Today's prompt is #windows
@Jess7

#celestial/solstice #riotgrams @bookriot

And that's a wrap on his four poetry collections. I liked this one, and, well, I liked them all. The famous "This Be The Verse" is one of the decent poems, but it's overshadowed by Larkin's strong use of natural imagery and character sketches. He's so good!