Anthony Hecht - A Letter

David Ferry's poem from his collection Bewilderment. This is a sister poem to a preceding translation from book six of the Aeneid. It was written in remembrance of his wife. 
http://structureandstyle.org/post/39587128039/that-now-are-wild-and-do-not-remember

the title is from Sir Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee From Me" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/they-flee-from-me

Mr. Ferry reads these himself quite movingly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4mJWs59Jk&t=330s

David Ferry - That Now Are Wild and Do Not Remeber

John Montague - The Cage

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50364/neutral-tones

Thomas Hardy's neutral tones displays the loss of love, a relationship ending. The place and color is dreary and yet the language does not fully convey the stolidity of a love gone dry, but speaks soothingly with a rhyme that is not altogether melancholy. The effect is enjoyable and somewhat bittersweet

Thomas Hardy - Neutral Tones

Poetry and Prose read aloud for study and enjoyment

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