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Inspired by a #painting by Goya. #poetrymatters @TheSpineView
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems | 
#7days7books Day 2
Seven books that left a deep impression on me and changed me.
@CarolynM @mollyrotondo Want to join in?
‘The Death of the #Hat‘
Once every man wore a hat.
In the ashen newsreels,
the avenues of cities
are broad rivers flowing with hats.
The ballparks swelled
with thousands of strawhats,
brims and bands,
rows of men smoking
and cheering in shirtsleeves.
Hats were the law.
They went without saying.
You noticed a man without a hat in a crowd.
full poem here (the last stanza) 😢https://avoision.com/2005/06/17/the_death_of_the_hat.php
#poetrymatters
Jane Austen
Billy Collins
Margaret Atwood
Chris Bohjalian
Oscar Wilde
The volume that introduced me to Billy Collins‘ poetry, and that I return to again and again. #adventrecommends @emilyrose_x
A favorite poem about #poetry. #poetrymatters @LazyDays
Another Billy Collins poem. #higher #poetrymatters @LazyDays
Trying to teach Cleo to appreciate new poetry. I think she‘s a bigger fan of Sylvia Plath though. #dogsoflitsy
This is my favorite of my #signedcopies. #booksacrossoceans @pri_bibliophile @mellisarock
Ah, Billy Collins. 💙
This is why I love the #readathon. I'd never have thought to add poetry to my TBR if it wasn't for you folks suggesting it at one of the @DeweysReadathon Twitter Chats.
Here's wishing a lifetime of matching book series editions & a lack of bookslumps to all you lovely people. 😊 #teamfriend
How's everyone else's #readathon going? 😃
Not in my original tbr pile but it's still #nationalpoetrymonth and this will be a good palate cleanser. #readathon @DeweysReadathon
Look! I found a book with #sail in the title on my shelf. (It's resting on a seaman's trunk that my Dad had redone for me.) ⛵⛵⛵
#lyricalapril @Cinfhen
One of my favorite poets. #sail #lyricalApril @Cinfhen
A prized possession, signed at a reading in 2005. #signed #readjanuary
pickA little something for the end of the week. ? To date, this is my favorite collection of Collins' poems. "Marginalia" stole my heart years ago. #poetry
Bought this book secondhand and someone dogeared all the best poems for me! Not something I do myself, but I find myself anticipating the marked poems as I approach them. The previous reader hasn't led me wrong yet. This stanza is the end of "On Turning Ten."
