Forgotten Good Poems on Twitter: "Perhaps you already know this poem by Thom Gunn, which originally appeared in The Man with Night Sweats (1992). From his Collected Poems (1993). A necessary poem
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Victoria Chang on Twitter: "“But the downward glide/and bias of existing wrings us dry—/always inside me is the child who died,/always inside me is his wish to die—“ -Robert Lowell from 100
![Steve Silberman on Twitter: "@ferrisjabr Ferris, Ferris. Please read this poem by the late Thom Gunn, one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century and my teacher, from his book "The Steve Silberman on Twitter: "@ferrisjabr Ferris, Ferris. Please read this poem by the late Thom Gunn, one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century and my teacher, from his book "The](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2BAaYcVoAIWqiL.jpg)