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    “The Darkling Thrush”

    An artist interprets Thomas Hardy’s famous poem, written on New Year's Eve, 1900.

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    December 31, 2023
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    • Simon Mercer

      “Darkling thrush “ , now there’s poem with a point to it . How often we stumble around , half alive , and a wild bird or a leaping stag reminds us that life is made to be care-free . “Consider the lilies”.

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    This poetry comic is excerpted from Poems to See By (Plough, 2020).

    Thomas Hardy, “The Darkling Thrush,” from Poems of the Past and the Present (London and New York: Harper, 1902).

    Contributed By JulianPeters Julian Peters

    Julian Peters is an illustrator and comic book artist living in Montreal, Canada, who focuses on adapting classical poems into graphic art. His work has been exhibited internationally and published in several poetry and graphic art collections.

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