Tuesday, December 6, 2022

The Poet: W.H. Auden, "September 1, 1939"

 "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."

- W.H. Auden

On September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland. You know the rest...

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