This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by writers I admire. Having enjoyed speaking and reading … More
Category: Helen Vendler
Lifesaving Poems: Dave Smith’s ‘Reading the Books Our Children Have Written’
I once heard Stephen Knight say ‘If I am reading well then I am writing well.’ It was a Q … More
Lifesaving Poems:Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Poem’
The funniest thing you will ever read about Elizabeth Bishop (or teaching, or anything else) is Mark Halliday‘s essay Moose … More
Lifesaving Poems: John Ashbery’s ‘Down by the Station Early in the Morning’
I was thinking recently about John Ashbery. As I say in my post about my poetry highlights of 2012 one of … More
Lifesaving Poems: Robert Pinsky’s ‘Song of Reasons’
It is nearly twenty years since I bought Peter Sansom’s Writing Poems. Among that wonderful book’s many delights I found … More
