The poem is unpublished and previously unknown. What 19th or 20th century British or American poet do you think most likely to have written this poem and on what basis do you arrive at your conclusion? The poem is titled "Stealing Thunder" and it is described as a sort of acrostic poem (the first letters of the major lines spelling the title of the poem).
Summer solstice long now past and tedium set in, I, alone,
in thought macabre, comes abrupt a knocking,
Trepidation gently tapping, tapping, tapping softly at my door,
so politely rapping at my secluded far-off door,
Evenfall now close at hand, a sickly fear of Death drawn nigh,
a guest perhaps not unexpected,
Abjectly knocking at my door, seeking to make myself its home,
to make my very self its own,
Lest I seem ungraced in meeting, guest, I bid thee welcome,
bid thee greeting, as will
I all who pass this way today, e'en noxious inquiline.
2006-11-09
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