April in Paris John Donne has indigestion pines for words from the Isle of Wight
"...whether I be increased by a child or diminished by the loss of a wife..."
his baby is born dead his wife lives
words...words these creatures made of ink
he begins his Anniversaries Elizabeth Drury becomes a symbol for the death of youth and beauty
Ben Johnson scorns such extreme lamentation
"If it had been written of the ****** Mary ...it had been something!"
"...she, she is dead; she's dead: how wan a ghost this our world is..."
"the imputation of having said so much ...to say as well as I could...
an Emperor is about to be elected
the busy old sun rests for a moment in an empty room
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Being in Paris 'round about the time John Donne was ( but not the same century)and seeing these graffiti people on a wall across from Le Lapin Agile in Montmartre reminded me of his circumstances at the time and what was going on around him in his world.