Thomas Hardy -
so touched me when I was young
I took my copy of Jude the Obscure
and threw it against a wall so hard
the pages all exploded off the spine.
How passionate that young man. And now.
Remembering. Not a bad idea for a poem. . . .
© 2009 Forrest Hainline
Forrest Hainline
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/recalling-reading-thomas-hardy-as-a-young-man/
