Thursday, August 11, 2016

Happy Belated Birthday to Philip Larkin


    Larkin was born 9 August 1922 in Coventry, England. Bad eyes kept him out of World War II. He became a university librarian. While having a reputation for being glum, he managed to have attracted several women romantically in his life.

    I post his reading of "Cut Grass", because I managed to mow my yard before teachers reported to my school. Whether Larkin cut his own grass, assuming that he had any, I cannot say.




http://philiplarkin.com/

http://www.poemhunter.com/philip-larkin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-xkAdINo-o

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