Category: Poembuster

Indo-Anglican Lamentation

Indo-Anglican Lamentation

W.B. Yeats once wrote in an introduction to a Rabindranath Tagore book written in English, “These prose translations from Rabindranath Tagore have stirred my blood as nothing has for years.” Tagore is Bengali, one...

Desert Where Frost Is

Desert Where Frost Is

During my short stint with Poembusters, we tackled “Desert Places” by Robert Frost. It’s one of his better poems, yet I did not even know about it until this Poembusters session. Indeed, this poem...

So Much Depends Upon

So Much Depends Upon

I used to hate poetry. I never understood it when I read it, and so I never read it. And if I can’t understand it when I read it, especially by the supposed masters,...

The Grave Nettle

The Grave Nettle

I do not know much about A.E. Housman’s poetry, but in terms of style it appears poems like the one in this blog is typical. I read this little poem in a book by...