“Leda and the Swan” — W.B. Yeats

13 thoughts on ““Leda and the Swan” — W.B. Yeats”

1. Thank you. I don’t have it memorized.

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   1. You know, I actually scheduled these last week when I ran Twombly’s take…
      https://biblioklept.org/2013/10/13/leda-and-the-swan-cy-twombly/

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      1. I love Twombly’s painting on Leda also.

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2. Love it!

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3. Beautifully written to say the least !

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4. also “The Wild Swans at Coole”

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5. Hey Biblioklept, faithful reader WD here. Hope you don’t mind, but I just had to toot the horn of one of the fictional characters in my work-in-progress, who wrote a retort to Yeats’ poem, “Leda Sings Noman’s Pricksong”, for her debut volume of poetry Penis Envy (1968). You can check it out here: http://wp.me/p2OBGe-35.

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   1. Tried to read the poem but it was too small and then too blurry. Can you repost it?

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      1. Don’t know what browser you use, but in Chrome if you click on the poem you get a much larger, clearer picture popping up…

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         1. I’m using Chrome.

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            1. And clicking on the small embedded jpg gives you a larger, but blurry popup?

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               1. Thank you for your patience. The poem was well worth it!

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6. Reblogged this on MsSecretNerd and commented:
   Ya Irish Poet!

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