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Louise Bogan
(1897 - 1970 / Maine / United States)
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22 poems of Louise Bogan
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''Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. "A Revolution in European Poetry," (written 1941), published in A Poet's Alphabet (1970).
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It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death—subjects as ancient as huma...
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet. As quoted in Our Ground Time Here Will be Brief, Epigram, by Maxine Kumin (1982).
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''Song, like a wing, tears through my breast, my side,
And madness chooses out my voice again,
Again.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Cassandra (l. 4-6). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; repr. 1988) Ecco P...
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''But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet and critic. repr. In Selected Criticism: Poetry and Prose (1955). "Childhood's False Eden," (1940).
Referring ...
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''But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet and critic. repr. In Selected Criticism: Poetry and Prose (1955). "Childhood's False Eden," (1940).
Referring ...
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The cats will be glad; the fathers feel justified; the mothers
relieved.
The sons and husbands will no longer need to pay the bills.
Childhoods will be put away, the obscene nightmare a...
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Evening in the Sanitarium (l. 21-23). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; ...
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''The women rest their tired half-healed hearts; they are almost
well.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Evening in the Sanitarium (l. 6). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; repr...
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''You will be again as normal and selfish and heartless as anybody
else.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Evening in the Sanitarium (l. 15). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; rep...
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''O fortunate bride, who never again will become elated after
childbirth!
O lucky older wife, who has been cured of feeling unwanted!''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Evening in the Sanitarium (l. 11-12). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; ...
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''the bare eyes were before me
And the hissing hair,
Held up at a window, seen through a door.
The stiff bald eyes, the serpents on the forehead
Formed in the air.''
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Louise Bogan (1897-1970), U.S. poet, critic. Medusa (l. 5-9). . .
The Blue Estuaries; Poems 1923-1968 [Louise Bogan]. (1968; repr. 1988) Ecco Pres...
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