Tag Archives: Thomas Hood

Larkin’s Attack on Nostalgia

Larkin’s “I Remember” is an attack on Coventry for not having given him an idealized childhood.

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My Problematic Relationship with Charles II

A melange of thoughts, including my supposed link with Charles II and authors connected with Coventry.

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No Flowers, No Leaves, November

An antidote to feeling gloomy in November is to embrace the gloom by reading gloomy November poems. I offer several here.

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The 49ers’ Rush for Super Bowl Gold

The 49ers rush for the Super Bowl is like the 49ers rush in 1849.

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The Long Goodbye

My friend Alan Paskow is in his final days. Although not in a coma, he appears in perpetual sleep, and each day his breathing is more labored. Thomas Hood’s poem “The Death Bed” captures some of the experience of waiting and watching.

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