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I studied "walking away" at school and never fully appreciated it until now. My son is nine months old and already I have to start planning his education. I was overwhelmed and anxious until I reread this poem which has restored my inner peace. Thank you.

Wonderful peace and joy has been given to us in faith even today and many friendship will get so much easy that live and find pleasure inthat joy and be thankful for glory ino ur life for Jesus blod ,thanks and bless.kweijo sweden

Whilst trying to find a clue for a competition, I read Watching Post. My grandfather, Will Nye, often used to do a shift with Cecil up in the bell tower of Musbury Church during the Second World War. I do remember Mary, his first wife, as my grandmother Elsie visited for tea. The poem brought back many happy memories of my grandparents- thank you.

Whilst trying to find a clue for a competition, I read Watching Post. My grandfather, Will Nye, often used to do a shift with Cecil up in the bell tower of Musbury Church during the Second World War. I do remember Mary, his first wife, as my grandmother Elsie visited for tea. The poem brought back many happy memories of my grandparents- thank you.

While searching through our library at the senior center, I came across a book by C.Day Lewis. It was copywritten in l936. Is it worth anything?

I first heard C. Day Lewis on an album that I checked out from the library. Actually, I think he recorded the reading himself. I found his poem, "The Gate," my absolute favorite. The last line (the flowers by the gate are speaking) goes like this, "Awaiting, this pure awaiting is the kind of worship we are taught."

I haven't read this poem in its entirety in years, but I found this website trying to locate a copy of it on-line. The folks here were very nice about getting back with me and confirming the last line of the poem. I wanted to cite the poem in response to a Yeats' poem someone sent me about how tirelessly repetitive nature is.

On Not Saying Everything has been a favorite of mine since high school. The words just came to me and I was so pleased to find this website and get to indulge in a bit of C Day-Lewis. thanks!

My father (a man of the cloth) was very poorly last week and I became filled with fear at the thought of him dying, despite having a mother ,he was and still is, my mother and father.. I needed to know him better and making sure I knew everything I thought I needed to know about him and our long gone ancestors - in case it should be our last moments together - we sat talking in his little garden. Among the many 'facts' that I learned was one that Cecil Day-Lewis had been a govenor of his school (Haber Dasher Askes). Nothing extraordinary I hear you all think ,most people of the educated world have heard of Day-Lewis, and this would be true of me - except I hadn't bothered to read the poetry, or made an effort at my own education and I didn't 'google' D-Lewis until yesterday, unbeknown to me, the anniversary of his death. Having read the poetry and watched his beautiful son's acting, I wonder how much of our spiritual selves travels with our offspring throughout their lives only being able to assist them right at the very end? Excellent writers/poets get one thinking again - CD-L had me questioning my almost reclusive life and the 'smother love' I inflicted on my own children (now all adults). RIP C D-L and Thankyou.

C. Day Lewis was a name that I often came across, but I never read much of his work until I happened across a vinyl copy of a recording he made for the Yales Series of Recorded Poets. I was quite impressed with the record. "The Neurotic," in particular, is a fantastic poem. Since then, I bought a copy of his collected poems and have enjoyed exploring his work. It is a shame that his work seems to have fallen out of favor. He definitely deserves more recognition than he gets these days!

Actually, I am so glad and have the honor to write about this great poet who gave poetry and literature his life. He is my ideal personality even though he used to smoke as it's bad habit, but still he is and will still be my good poet who made great use of the ins and outs of the language.

Today my son will be married on another continent. I have just re read the lovely last lines of 'Walking Away' and what a comfort they are.

What up??? I really like the Conflict, it is deep and awesome poem. keep up the writing.

We have not done this poem yet but we are going to, you guys have helped me understand the poem... Thank you for your comments

Very informative and useful thanks very much. I will be linking to this site. Cheers
Rosie

His colloquial expression of high thoughts inspire me to write further. I'd become rather suspeicious of my own forms. I've just read his wife's obituary which [obit] sent me to his poetry which [poetry] has allowed me the privilige of saying something here.
Grateful,
Arlene Corwin
Arlene Corwin

I studied C. Day-Lewis for A level in 1959 and two or three of his poems are among the few poems I know by heart - The Album, The Jig and parts of the Nabarro. I am enormously grateful to Peter Stanford for his biography which has enabled me to relive my enthusiasm for the poems and finally begin to understand why they so thrilled me.

It is good to see CDL remembered on such a good quality site. I first came across his early collected poems by chance before going to university, and have always been moved by their lyric intensity and formal beauty. Personally, I find his ability to engage my emotions so absolutely, whilst sustaining his technique to a high level, to be a quiet proof of his authority. I suspect he has always been rather underrated, which seems a pity.

I've just begun to look at CDL's poems and I am moved by the way that he writes. This website has been most informative; so thank you.

What an excellent introduction to the life and poems of CDL! He wrote some of the most memorable and moving poems of the 20th century.

a pleasure and most informative