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21 Jun 2009 08:05 am
Poem For The Day
September 1, 1939:
Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the
Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
Full Auden masterpiece here. Something about this stanza felt relevant today.
(Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty.)
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