"I don't think your metaphysical friends were the point of that quote," Re-l said, "fascinating though I'm sure they are."
Her mind was turning back even as she spoke, thinking of the long summer days of her childhood, when she'd read poetry to herself on the grass and laughed, before she'd realised what the world was really like.
"We had a lot of fragments," she said, half answering Gabriel's question and half thinking out loud. "About a third of The Wasteland, I think, though that's really nothing but a guess. I would have loved to read more of that poem. We had most of Bishop, she was good. Most of Plath, though I found her very tedious. A little of Kavanagh, he was awful. Some ee cummings, who was just unfathomable. I liked Byron, and Tennyson when he was writing about war. The Lady of Shalott, now that was dull. My favourite was always William Carlos Williams."
I feel that at this point I should make it clear that Re-l's taste and mine don't always coincide
Her mind was turning back even as she spoke, thinking of the long summer days of her childhood, when she'd read poetry to herself on the grass and laughed, before she'd realised what the world was really like.
"We had a lot of fragments," she said, half answering Gabriel's question and half thinking out loud. "About a third of The Wasteland, I think, though that's really nothing but a guess. I would have loved to read more of that poem. We had most of Bishop, she was good. Most of Plath, though I found her very tedious. A little of Kavanagh, he was awful. Some ee cummings, who was just unfathomable. I liked Byron, and Tennyson when he was writing about war. The Lady of Shalott, now that was dull. My favourite was always William Carlos Williams."