How we could ever have come to this pass?
Is all we are asking…
—“Question & Answer”, by James Findlay Hendry (1912–1986) – born #OTD, 12 Sep.
With GS Fraser & Henry Treece, JF Hendry was a contributor to the “New Apocalypse” poetic movement of the 1930s. He served in the Intelligence Corps during WW2
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/from_the_line/
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The City is of Night; perchance of Death…
James “B.V.” Thomson (1834–1882) – poet, journalist, translator, anarchist, atheist – was born #OTD, 23 Nov, in Port Glasgow. Best known for his long poem THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT, he influenced TS Eliot & is seen as a progenitor of Modernism
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https://psychogeographicreview.com/the-city-of-dreadful-night/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Victorian #19thCentury #modernism #TSEliot
I couldn’t touch a stop and turn a screw,
And set the blooming world a-work for me,
Like such as cut their teeth—I hope, like you—
On the handle of a skeleton gold key…
—“Thirty Bob a Week”, by the 19th-century poet, playwright & novelist John Davidson (1857–1909) – born #OTD, 11 April. A 🎂 🧵
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Page images from THE YELLOW BOOK vol. 2, 1894 – available on @gutenberg_org
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41876/41876-h/41876-h.htm#Page_99
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I’ll ha’e nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur
Extremes meet – it’s the only way I ken
To dodge the curst conceit o’ bein’ richt
That damns the vast majority o’ men.
—from “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle”
A 🎂🧵 for Hugh MacDiarmid—born #OTD, 11 Aug 1892
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hugh-macdiarmid
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