'I Have Lived With Shades' Comments

To chance upon a good poet like Thomas Hardy is a Thanksgiving blessing. The poetry style may require couple of readings but enjoyed every bit of it.

I did not like it, nor did I finish reading it. The English may be too dated/old for me to understand. But I think I read a novel by T.H. once and liked it well enough. bri : )

Awesomely Nice

............excellent write...beautifully penned with excellent imagery ★

I would agree with the statement, and suggest you read the following poems, all reproduced here. Beeny Cliff and At Castle Boterel (both following the death of his first wife.) When I set out for Lyonnesse. I look into my Glass. The Darkling Thrush. In Time of Breaking of Nations. Channel Firing. The Man he Killed. Men who March Away. In Tenebris.

I've read today (? C. Tomlin's biography?) that the death of his estranged wife changed Hardy from a good to a great poet. Can anyone point me towards such poems? Thanks x