Summary: <p><strong>Yesterday was W.H. Auden's birthday, so here's one of his great ones. </strong></p><br><p><strong><em>Bio via Wikipedia</em></strong><em>:</em></p><p>Wystan Hugh Auden (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">/ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən/</a>; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Funeral Blues</a>"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield_of_Achilles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Shield of Achilles</a>"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Anxiety" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Age of Anxiety</em></a>; and on religious themes such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Time_Being" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">For the Time Being</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horae_Canonicae" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Horae Canonicae</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden#cite_note-OEDdef-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden#cite_note-Companion-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> </p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
