Today is Saturday, and as with other Saturdays this Lent I am reposting a favourite blog post from my archive. … More
Category: Poetry
Why we need to save the Poetry Business (LentBlog26)
after Mark Halliday Because of the writing days. And because The discovery will not happen on its own, unprompted, … More
Denise Levertov’s ‘The Secret’ (LentBlog22)
This is a Saturday in Lent, so I am reposting a favourite older post from my archives. See you on … More
Mandy Coe’s ‘Let’s Celebrate’ (LentBlog16)
This being a Saturday in Lent, I am reposting a favourite blog post from my archives. See you after the … More
Ann Sansom’s ‘Instructor’ (LentBlog10)
Ann Sansom is one of my all-time favourite people, poets or normal, ever. I count myself fortunate to have worked … More
Tom Raworth’s ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’ (LentBlog4)
Each Saturday of this LentBlog series I am going to post an old post from my archives. Here is one … More
Lifesaving Poems: Philip Larkin’s ‘Going’
Going There is an evening coming in Across the fields, one never seen before, That lights no lamps. Silken … More
The Year of Living Deeply 3: Mark Strand’s Weather of Words
When I first read and began thinking about The Year of Living Deeply one of my instant reactions concerned the impact … More
What you read in 2018
Here are my most frequently-read blog posts of 2018, according to my WordPress stats. First, from the Lifesaving Poems … More
