Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by W. H. Auden

W.H. Auden Biography
Wystan Hugh Auden was born on February 21, 1907 in York, England to George Augustus Auden, a physician and Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden, a trained missionary nurse. He became known as W.H. Auden because he signed his works with that name rather than his birth... Continue reading W.H. Auden Biography

Funeral Blues
by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky... Continue reading Funeral Blues