Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Edward James "Ted" Hughes, OMwas an English poet and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He served as Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 August 1930
sea ears haunting
The Shell The sea fills my ear with sand and with fear. You may wash out the sand, but never the sound of the ghost of the sea that is haunting me.
throat shocking pathetic
The gash in its throat was shocking, but not pathetic.
dark dancing water
Nobody wanted your dance, Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering Drowning life and your effort to save yourself, Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil, Looking for something to give.
interesting attention limbs
He could not stand. It was not That he could not thrive, he was born With everything but the will – That can be deformed, just like a limb. Death was more interesting to him. Life could not get his attention.
night men iron
Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen. Night passed.
stronger
But who is stronger than death? Me , evidently .
abuse applause
Applause is the beginning of abuse
dreamer moments that-moment
The dreamer in her Had fallen in love with me and she did not know it. That moment the dreamer in me Fell in love with her and I knew it
lying eye self
So the self under the eye lies, Attendant and withdrawn.
poetry police progress
The progress of any writer is marked by those moments when he manages to outwit his own inner police system.
men iron house
The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where did he come from? Nobody knows. How was he made? Nobody knows. Taller than a house the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, at the very brink, in the darkness.
journey rivers light
So we found the end of our journey. So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of light.