Monday, January 13, 2003

Machines Comments

Rating: 4.8

Dearest, note how these two are alike:
This harpsicord pavane by Purcell
And the racer's twelve-speed bike.
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Michael Donaghy
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Smoky Hoss 08 November 2022

... and always risking a 'fall'. Beautiful, deep poem.

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Kathleen 23 September 2018

My first poem by Donaghy. A wonderful, thought provoking poem. Juxtaposition between the bicycle and the harpsichord very appealing.

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Bill Wright 23 September 2016

I quite like this in an odd way. The juxtaposition of a racing cycle and a piece of music is novel, to put it mildly

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