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The oldest physical book I own is, I think, this edition of Tennyson‘s poems. As far as I can tell, it‘s from the 1880s. It‘s not in great condition—I picked it up at a library book sale for a couple of dollars!—but I love it. That cover! The illustrations! And the print is so TINY!

The oldest book in my collection that I can definitely date is from 1908, and is also a Tennyson—an edition of Lancelot and Elaine.

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#PoetryMatters Day 11: #Sweet

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I am always reminded of the movie THE BLIND SIDE when reading this poem. Wonder why? 🤓

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Excerpt from Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson

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#Queen

Poet: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Read the entire poem here: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8473031-To-The-Queen-by-Alfred-Lord-Tennyson

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Prompt: Earth

I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I #babble on the pebbles.

With many a curve my banks I fret
By many a field and fallow,
And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed and mallow.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on for ever.

excerpt from “The Brook” #PoetryMatters

“The one effort she still had to expend was to make sure she was always where Tennyson was not.“