Better a live doggerel
Better a live doggerel than a dead sonnet. Ethel Mumford
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Better a live doggerel than a dead sonnet. Ethel Mumford
Sometimes, when you are in a really constrained situation, it makes you more focused about what you want to say and where you’re heading. The most beautiful love poems that were ever written are sonnets, composed in a very constraining form. Etgar Keret
All is well that ends well Emily Rodda
I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Elizabeth … Read more
And if God choose I shall but love thee better after death. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
So, some of the most difficult formal poems that I’ve written, say one sentence sonnets, I’ve been able to do those fairly quickly whereas some of the clearest, simplest lyrics that I’ve written have taken me the longest to get to the clarity of feeling that you’re looking for. Edward Hirsch