These are so lovely! Oh, lookit, I was going to name my faves, and then the list just grew until it included most of them anyways . . . :P "Cosmic Love" is definitely the tops M/M song, and I will probably be snagging one or two (or three) of these in the near future.
Also, I followed your link to "Merlin and the Gleam." It's a beautiful poem. I don't know why I haven't read more Tennyson, but I'm more than comfortable blaming it on my very spotty high school literature education along with my reluctance to take poetry classes in college. :P
I don't blame you for your reluctance to take poetry classes, but Tennyson is defiintely worth a read if you like Arthurian stuff. It's narrative poetry, and often really beautiful.
Haha, I'm much more of a novel kind of girl. My only experience with a college-level poetry class was a joint Jane Austen/William Blake class (which I took for the 'intellectual discussions' on Persuasion, P&P, etc, obviously), and I absolutely loathed the days we read Blake.
However, I picked up a book of Tennyson poetry last Christmas and have been meaning to get around to it. Sometimes a good recommendation is just the thing to give a book a shove from my 'to be read' pile and into my hands. Narrative poetry sounds infinitely better than whatever the heck Blake wrote, and I really enjoyed The Green Knight, so as soon as I finish up some other books, I will give him a shot! :)
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Also, I followed your link to "Merlin and the Gleam." It's a beautiful poem. I don't know why I haven't read more Tennyson, but I'm more than comfortable blaming it on my very spotty high school literature education along with my reluctance to take poetry classes in college. :P
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I don't blame you for your reluctance to take poetry classes, but Tennyson is defiintely worth a read if you like Arthurian stuff. It's narrative poetry, and often really beautiful.
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However, I picked up a book of Tennyson poetry last Christmas and have been meaning to get around to it. Sometimes a good recommendation is just the thing to give a book a shove from my 'to be read' pile and into my hands. Narrative poetry sounds infinitely better than whatever the heck Blake wrote, and I really enjoyed The Green Knight, so as soon as I finish up some other books, I will give him a shot! :)
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