This poem hits me hard because I seriously, unironically believe that the realtor in this poem is a scammer who should go to jail, and so are the parents they stand in forhttps://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1322263909743484928 …
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Hm. I think the nihilism is cynical and self serving, ultimately. Good Bones is about the knife edge of hope and lies, about the ambivalence of not giving up, of at least trying.
FWIW I often assign that very Larkin poem on exams. I have been thinking about that poem for years.
Oof. Never read this before. Deeply love it. Thank your Arthur.
It’s a great poem, although to call Larkin himself problematic is kind of understating things.
Yeah, that parent/realtor doesn't care as much about making that place beautiful (for themselves or their kids) as much as they feel incapable of changing themselves. That's rough, but I guess I don't feel the conflict, myself.
This Be The Verse is my favorite piece of poetry. It is vastly unappreciated.
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