Wilde
Why We Love Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde turned language into art and wit into a weapon. He said things we didn’t know we were allowed to say, about beauty, love, suffering, and the masks we wear.
We love him because he made poetry feel dangerous and dazzling all at once — like a secret rebellion dressed in velvet.
Poem You Didn't Know You Loved
Is “Canzonet” Oscar Wilde’s Most Underrated Love Poem?
In this episode of The Poetry Remix, we explore one of Wilde’s most overlooked and most vulnerable poems. Canzonet trades in grandeur for quiet heartbreak, revealing a softer side of the literary icon.
Featured Poem
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Symphony In Yellow
An omnibus across the bridge
Crawls like a yellow butterfly,
And, here and there a passer-by
Shows like a little restless midge.
Big barges full of yellow hay
Are moored against the shadowy wharf,
And, like a yellow silken scarf,
The thick fog hangs along the quay.
The yellow leaves begin to fade
And flutter from the temple elms,
And at my feet the pale green Thames
Lies like a rod of rippled jade.
