Life in Bits of Poetry and in Other Things | "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." So wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). This blog is primarily for adults.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
"Failing and Flying" by Jack Gilbert : The Poetry Foundation
"Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew." So begins the poem "Failing and Flying" by Jack Gilbert, an American poet who was born on this day in 1925. He died in 2012.
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