Jack Edwards | the poetry that inspired harry styles' music (explained by a literature graduate) @jack_edwards | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
when i found out that harry styles loves poetry... i was shook. so, i did some digging and it turns out SO. MUCH. of his music is influenced by poetry, from Charles Bukowski to Richard Brautigan to LITERAL SHAKESPEARE. seriously, is there anything this man can't do???? so i spent a month reading and analysing everything and this is me sharing how much of a massive nerd i am. enjoy :)

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harry styles poetry reading list:
- the essential rumi - rumi
- love is a dog from hell - charles bukowski
- you get so alone at times that it just makes sense - charles bukowski
- the people look like flowers at last - charles bukowski
- burning in water, drowning in flame - charles bukowski
- the wait - richard brautigan
- othello - william shakespeare
- leaves of grass - walt whitman
- the waste land - t. s. eliot

chapters:
0:00 intro + the waste land
1:42 rumi: spirituality and kindness
4:32 charles bukowski: harry's favourite poet
11:05 richard brautigan, vogue cover, camille rowe
12:52 william shakespeare and 'sweet creature'
17:20 walt whitman, pink ffloyd, prince

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