Monthly Archives: June 2008

Welcome to the Internet

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Bart Westgeest

I read in the The Writer’s Handbook 2008 the article The Globalisation of Poetry by Chris Hamilton-Emery about the world of poetry but found it confusing as a lot of articles can be these days when dealing with the new … Continue reading →

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Charles Lamb – Old Familiar Faces

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Bart Westgeest

I am slowly going through a book published in Sneek (of all places) in 1887 called: “A Casket of Jewels – selected from poets of the nineteenth century” by E. J. Irving. It contains a small selection of Poems by … Continue reading →

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C.G. Rossetti – Dreamland

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Bart Westgeest

I read a handful of poems yesterday and liked two by C. G. Rossetti (1830-94). Easy to spot that she had something to do with the pre-raphaelite movement. In the poem Dreamland the same themes are apparent as in some … Continue reading →

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