Comments on: Evening in the Sanitarium by Louise Bogan http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/03/24/evening-in-the-sanitarium-by-louise-bogan/ Fri, 18 May 2012 06:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: rinabeana http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/03/24/evening-in-the-sanitarium-by-louise-bogan/#comment-28150 rinabeana Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:07:59 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/03/24/evening-in-the-sanitarium-by-louise-bogan/#comment-28150 I wonder why that stanza wasn't included in the anthology I have. Thanks for sharing! Thank you also for the recommendations. I wonder why that stanza wasn’t included in the anthology I have. Thanks for sharing! Thank you also for the recommendations.

]]> By: Gene http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/03/24/evening-in-the-sanitarium-by-louise-bogan/#comment-27362 Gene Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:29:22 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2005/03/24/evening-in-the-sanitarium-by-louise-bogan/#comment-27362 There's one stanza missing to this poem. It ends with this: --- The cats will be glad; the fathers feel justified; the mothers relieved. The sons and husbands will no longer need to pay the bills. Childhoods will be put away, the obscene nightmare abated. At the ends of the corridors the baths are running. Mrs. C. again feels the shadow of the obsessive idea. Miss R. looks at the mantel-piece, which must mean something. --- You've got a wonderful collection of poets. Thanks for sharing. I think you'll also like Gwen Harwood's "At Mornington" and "Winter Quarters". Cheers. There’s one stanza missing to this poem. It ends with this:
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The cats will be glad; the fathers feel justified; the mothers relieved.
The sons and husbands will no longer need to pay the bills.
Childhoods will be put away, the obscene nightmare abated.
At the ends of the corridors the baths are running.
Mrs. C. again feels the shadow of the obsessive idea.
Miss R. looks at the mantel-piece, which must mean something.
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You’ve got a wonderful collection of poets. Thanks for sharing. I think you’ll also like Gwen Harwood’s “At Mornington” and “Winter Quarters”.

Cheers.

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