Mind Inclined

Poetry with a Wink


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I like a poet with a sense of humor. Today's winking bard is none other than the brilliant--and wry--John Donne. 

Donne belonged to an age when poetry was not always somber and earnest, as it often was with, say, Keats and Poe a few centuries later. 
Donne's humor can be seen in some of his best-known poems, including our subject for today, "The Flea."

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Mind InclinedBy Mark Canada, Ph.D.