16. Poetry Retractions

re’trac·tion [-kʃn] s.

1. Zu’rücknahme f, Widerruf m;
2. Zu’rück-, Einziehen n;
3. Medizin, zo. Retrakti’on f

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I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows and hayfever sufferers sneeze wildly

In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure dome decree, but so many voters objected he cancelled it

I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottom of my stomach rolled

James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree couldn’t fit his name on the Child Protection Forms

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone , actually just wait I’ll order a pizza first

When I compare thee to a summer’s day, please recall that I’m English. William Shakespeare

SO YOU JUST HOLD THIS DOWN WHILE YOU TYPE EH? CLEVER! E E CUMMINGS

In retrospect, that red wheelbarrow wasn’t as important as I thought. Also, I was drunk. William Carlos Williams

Goe, and catche a falling starre / Get with child a mandrake roote / I knowe you woulde / you’de roote anythinge

While Death stopping for me was kindly, I should point out that he talked the entire goddamn ride. Emily Dickinson.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad, but being a librarian in Hull fucks you up even more. Philip Larkin

How do i love thee? let me count the ways. 1. oh, right. i don’t. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

No, May is crueller. Eliot

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