Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhat is your favourite poem, and why?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite poem, and why?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agohttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44049/a-man-said-to-the-universe A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.” Written in like the 1890s. So straight forward. Feels modern.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44049/a-man-said-to-the-universe
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.”Written in like the 1890s. So straight forward. Feels modern.