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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

THE MAN IN THE CROW'S NEST, by T.E. Hulme

(Look-out Man)

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Strange to me the sounds the wind that blows
By the masthead in the lonely night.
Maybe 'tis the sea whistling--feigning joy
To hide its fright
Like a village boy
That, shivering, past the churchyard goes.

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2 comments:

  1. I think the whole reason I bothered paying any attention to Hulme in the first place--before I started understand what he was doing--was because they're so short and sweet! That and there's a certain hypnotic quality to the loose cadence of his lines.

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