Friday, January 3, 2003

Poem On His Birthday Comments

Rating: 3.4

In the mustardseed sun,
By full tilt river and switchback sea
Where the cormorants scud,
In his house on stilts high among beaks
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Dylan Thomas
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Amrita 18 November 2020

Nice poem

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Michael 23 September 2020

And his vorpal sword went snicker snack....

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Adeeb Alfateh 18 June 2019

great great great write Who is the light of old And air shaped Heaven where souls grow wild As horses in the foam: Oh, let me midlife mourn by the shrined And druid herons' vows The voyage to ruin I must run, Dawn ships clouted aground, Yet, though I cry with tumbledown tongue, Count my blessings aloud: great 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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David Aragon 26 February 2018

A shame that this was not checked for spelling errors before posting. There are several, and they really detract from the sense of the poem.Check this version against one in a book of Dylan's poems to find the errors. A great poem!

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Colin Cook 06 July 2018

I agree. I found 4 differences/mistakes when I compared it with Dylan himself reading.

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Erik Jansen 26 January 2021

There are eight typo's and two missing 'points'.

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EMMA-LOUISE G 15 January 2018

THIS WAS HELPFUL BECOUSE ITS MY UNCLES B-DAY AND HIS DEAD AND THIS JUST BROURT HAPPY MEMORYS IN MY TEARFUL EYES OF HIM THANK YOU IM SO GLAD I READ THIS THANKS REALLY IM SO HAPPY

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Emma and Sasha 15 January 2018

THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS POEM IT HELPED SO MUCH AND WE ARE GLAD THIS POPED UP YOU YOUSED RELLY KIND WORDS AND THANKS WE ARE ONLY KIDS AND WE ARE SO MUCH HAPPER NOW WE FOUND THIS POEM FROM SASHA AND EMMA

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David Stewart 21 July 2016

This has quite a few errors - don't take it to be accurately what Dylan wrote.

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David Stewart 21 July 2016

This has quite a few errors - don't take it to be accurately what Dylan wanted.

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Brian Jani 26 April 2014

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out

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