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As part of my practice I’ve been trying to memorise poetry. I definitely feel like reciting something from memory is a totally different experience than simply reading it from a book (or from a phone screen). Your mind finds little nooks and crannies is the words that aren’t always apparent from a cursory read. Anyway I thought I would start posting poems here once I’ve finished memorising them. If anyone has any suggestions for good poems/poets (especially something with a nature theme) I’m always looking for good ideas!

Here’s my first memorised poem, by William Blake:

Hear the voice of the Bard,
Who present, past, and future, sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word
That walked among the ancient trees;

Calling the lapsed soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might control
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen light renew!

'O Earth, O Earth, return!
Arise from out the dewy grass!
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumbrous mass.

Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore,
Is given thee till the break of day.


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