poetling

Not you as some pale poetling, seated at a desk, lisping cadenzas piano;

1861 1900

Not you as some pale poetling, seated at a desk, lisp -

Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

Not you as some pale poetling, seated at a desk, lisping cadenzas piano;

Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855

Not you as some pale poetling seated at a desk lisping cadenzas piano,

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

Not you as some pale poetling seated at a desk lisping cadenzas piano,

Drum Taps Walt Whitman 1855

It’ll still be difficult to publish a poem in The New Yorker, whether you’re a pro or a desperate poetling.

Changing of the Guard : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

I wasn’t even a “desperate poetling” (love that!).

Changing of the Guard : A.E. Stallings : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007