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In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue.

In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue.

Ted Hughes
Blue, Jewels, Pits
Ted Hughes (1998). “Birthday letters”, Wheeler Pub Inc

And as if reporting some felony to the police they let you know you were not John Donne.

Ted Hughes
Police, Donne, Knows
Ted Hughes (2009). “Birthday Letters”, p.28, Faber & Faber

As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe. It is one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made.

Ted Hughes
Book, Journey, Watches

Nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen. Night passed.

Ted Hughes
Night, Men, Iron
Ted Hughes (2011). “The Iron Man”, p.6, Faber & Faber

It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: now I hold Creation in my foot.

Ted Hughes
Feet, Sophistry, Creation
'Hawk Roosting' (1960)

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