'Canoe' by Keith Douglas
December 4th 2019 Occasionally I come across a new poem that takes my breath away. 'Canoe' by Keith Douglas is one such:
Well, I am thinking this may be my last
summer, but cannot lose even a part
of pleasure in the old-fashioned art
of idleness. I cannot stand aghast
at whatever doom hovers in the background:
while grass and buildings and the somn
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