“One Art“ by Elizabeth Bishop (read by Tom O’Bedlam)

This is a famous villanelle about love and loss. An interesting poem, also a villanelle, in response from Marilyn Hacker contains the observation: “You never had her, so you havent lost her like spare house keys...“ All you need is an effective tracking system, something sonic maybe , then, like Bacall said, “All you have to do is whistle. You know how to whistle don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.“ Bogie never succee
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