Rupert Brooke Collected Poems

A consequence of my student loan, proximity of second hand book shops and lack of self control. Felt special to read this in my room where he would have lived just down the road, and Granchester was a personal favourite.......more

I was originally gifted an earlier edition of this by my Grandfather before February 1977, and fell in love with the war poets, as I had a keen interest in both Literature and History both of which have remained with me through my life. I find the poetry profound, sometimes senstive but not sentimen......more

Occasionally we all need reminding of what life is all about ... In his short life, Rupert Brooke was older than his years. His wisdom is thought provoking, always real, no matter how often one returns to his pages. Never did a older man speak more fluidly and gentler than Brooke. His river still ru......more

I'm not one of those people that really gets poetry but some guy writing about angsty love and imagining the life of a fish just speaks to me so yeah. Poetry is a very personal projection of emotion, more abstract than prose but more verbose than song so for the uninitiated like myself, we have to c......more

"The Fish". Stunning.......more