Poems by Louis MacNeice
Snow by Louis MacNeice
October 11, 2025
“There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses.” — Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice
Born: September 12, 1907 • Died: 3 September 1963
Louis MacNeice was born on September 12, 1907, in Belfast, Ireland. Early in his career, MacNeice was identified with a group of politically committed poets whose work appeared in Michael Roberts's anthology New Signatures. He drew many of the texts for Modern Poetry: A Personal Essay from the New Signature poets. Modern Poetry was his plea for an "impure" poetry expressive of the poet's immediate interests and his sense of the natural and the social world. His poetry blends humor, familiarity, and contemporary ideas. He died on September 3, 1963. (Source)