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  • dark, dark, darkling

    I love this poem, and it's wonderful that it has been inspiring such a rich set of posts, post-posts, counter-posts and, so to say, ripostes. The strength of any piece of writing lies in its power to generate disagreement. By this measure, ''The Darkling Thrush'' is strong. It's a mistake with any lyric to look too rapidly in it for a message ...
    Posted to Poems by Nicholas Jenkins on January 2, 2009