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7 Poems by H. D. (new episode)


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An episode from 9/23/24: Tonight, I read seven poems by the American poet, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961). Over the course of fifty years her work – which includes fiction, memoir and translation – provides an incredible example of how a writer can handle mythology, mysticism, sexuality and autobiography. The poems can be found in Collected Poems 1912-1944:

  • Sea Iris (1916)
  • The Helmsman (1916)
  • Adonis (1913-1917)
  • Lethe (1924)
  • Wine Bowl (1931)
  • Eros (Uncollected/Unpublished poems, 1912-1944)
  • Tribute to the Angels #29 (1945)
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