Poem of the Day: ‘When I Was One-and-Twenty’

A.E. Housman makes formal verse look easy — and as every writer knows, simple is hard. Maybe the hardest of all things to do.

Poet A.E. Housman. — Poet A.E. Housman. Via Wikimedia Commons

EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

Published: Mar 25, 2022, 06:55 AM ET
Updated:Mar 25, 2022, 10:21 AM ET