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W.B. Yeats

  • There is no poet that I have spent more time with than W.B. Yeats. I have read and reread his Collected Poems more times than I can count. If I had to get rid of all the books I own but one, his Collected Poems is the book I would keep. To my mind, there Read more

  • Reading Poetry

    The month of January here at ClimbingSky this year is dedicated to Poetry. It is something I read every day, wrestle with most days, and has been a constant in my life since my teen years. For those counting, that is five decades now and counting. I am not sure how many books of poetry, Read more

  • “I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world….” ~ W. B. Yeats Read more

  • William Butler Yeats as a poet is unique. He grew greater as he aged. He was world famous as a poet in his early 20s, but wrote many of his best poems when he was in his 70s. For this reason, he has more great poems about middle age and old age than any other Read more

  • With a Pencil and My Ear

    When I read a poem, I always do it with a pencil or pen in hand. I have a pencil in my hand to underline and mark the lines I like best, the ones that stop me in my tracks, the ones I find myself repeating over and over to myself.. Reading poetry is not Read more