Now that we have finally had one in the UK, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices … More
Category: Solitude
At the reading
I get to the reading on time. I find a place near the front, so I can get to the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Adrian Mitchell’s ‘Goodbye’
As I said the other day, Geoffrey Summerfield’s Worlds is one of the most important books in my life. As I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Words, Wide Night’
Like a lot of people I first came across Carol Ann Duffy‘s ‘Words, Wide Night’ as a Poems on the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Theodore Roethke’s ‘Elegy for Jane’
I came across ‘Elegy for Jane’ having found poems by Theodore Roethke in Ted Hughes’ classic anthology of poems and … More
