Auden 1939 / Adler 2020
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1 min readJan 2, 2020
Auden 1939:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Adler 2020:
Waves of renewal and care
Wash over all hemispheres
of life on shore and off
The noble exert conviction, while the fraught
find safe keeping.
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Have you forgotten your soul is the poetry
of the earth?
Have you suffered by your sense of humour?
Is your capacity for encouragement trod upon?
Are you given in to no exit?
May this be your year to remember.
May you find dark laughter in lightheartedness.
May this be your decade to stray positive.
May you ever walk through the gates of fulfillment.
