Belated Picnic

[jjhunter]

Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

Comments

[spiralsheep]

I haven't written or read any new poetry this week, as I've been busy with other forms of creative expression, but I did re-read this poem by Auden several times:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15551

It's also a popular audio/video:

youtube video with reading by Tom Hiddleston,

link to mp3, at the Grauniad, read by Ralph Fiennes.

[untonuggan]

Really powerful, it kind of reminded me of Whitby harbor actually...scene of another famous literary incident (Dracula coming to shore).