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Here is another one by somebody from Kingsley Amis's generation: Death of a Poet by Charles Causley Suddenly his mouth filled with sand. His tractor of blood stopped thumping. He held five icicles in each hand. His heart packed up jumping. His face turned the colour of...

I've loved this poem for ages. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to read it again.

I have quite a number of favourites. Here is one: As I Walked Out One Evening by Wystan Hugh Auden As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch...

This is Edwin Markham. I mean, the author of 'The Man with the Hoe'

Hi guys, I'm a new one here, glad to be among you.

I need to learn the title & author of an old detective novel. Story takes place in Egypt. An English lady disappears right by the sphinx and later it comes out she has been kidnapped by a secret political organization hiding inside the sphinx's body. Could you by any chance help me? I can give...