"At Mornington" by Gwen Harwood

Text of poem here.Topics discussed in this episode include:-The universecraft -Shout out to the Aussies!-Tim Tams SLAM, y'all-Alice Allan, Poetry Says, and our episode on Gwen Harwood-The Australian Augustans: Hope, McAuley, Stewart-Paul Valery's "Le Cimitiere Marin"-Tertius paeon reviewed-The ocean motif, and my episodes on JMW's Through the Water and Yezzi's Mother Carey's Hen-Quickness, Fastness-Why graveyards are killer -In Soviet Russia, bones wear YOU.-The jack-o-lanterns of our labor-Love as the light upon the waters of deathSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)