“Unkept Good Fridays”

[Jeffrey Streeter]

Thanks for sharing this moving poem. It feels like Hardy is channelling his own hero, Jude, from Jude the Obscure here.

[M. E. Rothwell]

Love it

[Henry Oliver]

He was just so good

[M. E. Rothwell]

My Grandmother once had a several year running feud with her first husband over a copy of Jules Verne that he reckoned she had had in the divorce. Always found it funny that his books were so good people held grudges over their copies of them! 😂

[June Girvin]

Thank you for this. Perfect.

[Henry Oliver]

:) isn’t it splendid

[Jamie Lynn]

Struggling with the last two lines?

[Henry Oliver]

As little of earth as Christ was—I.e. beyond petty “earthy” concerns as Christ was.

[Jamie Lynn]

Thank you!