Category Archives: Poetry

“Stasera” di Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on June 13, 2025 by julian peters comics

Balaustrata di brezza Per appoggiare stasera La mia malinconia. (An illustration inspired by Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti’s 1916 poem “Stasera” (“This Evening”). The text, which was composed while Ungaretti was a soldier in WW1, could be translated more or less … Continue reading →

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“Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Posted on April 25, 2025 by julian peters comics

Spring has sprung! An illustration of a passage from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem, “Ode to the West Wind.”

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 16

Posted on September 4, 2024 by julian peters comics

At long last, here is the final page of my comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge).

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 15

Posted on August 21, 2024 by julian peters comics

After an extended travelling vacation break, I’m back with a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). … Continue reading →

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 14

Posted on July 3, 2024 by julian peters comics

Every week on this site, I am publishing a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). I … Continue reading →

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 13

Posted on June 26, 2024 by julian peters comics

Every week on this site, I will be publishing a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). … Continue reading →