I had bumped into a friend at the cash machine. We greeted each other, as we always do, with a … More
Category: Robert Pinsky
A bright soul keeps on beating
Dying Nothing to be said about it, and everything –The change of changes, closer or further away:The Golden Retriever … More
A need to answer, by Robert Pinsky
An artist needs not so much an audience as to feel a need to answer, a promise to respond. … More
The Other Writer
I think I need the Other Writer much more than they need me. Off the top of my head I … More
What you read in 2015
This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More
A day he won’t have
I had bumped into a friend at the cash machine. We greeted each other, as we always do, with a … More
Inside Lifesaving Poems 5
An artist needs not so much an audience, as to feel a need to answer, a promise to respond. Robert … More
Why it’s called Love for Now
Love for Now did not begin with an idea but an illness. As I have written elsewhere, there wasn’t a plan. I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Deryn Rees-Jones’s ‘What It’s Like To Be Alive’
What It’s Like To Be Aliveafter Django BatesI remember the nights, and the sounds of the nights,and the moon and … More
The Next Big Thing: some questions about Love for Now
The Next Big Thing I have been been tagged by poet and blogger Abegail Morley to answer set questions relating to my memoir … More
Lifesaving Poems: Robert Pinsky’s ‘Song of Reasons’
Song of ReasonsBecause of the change of key midway in “Come Back to Sorrento”The little tune comes back higher, and … More