For now, at least, it has gone. The notebooks with promising phrases, the backs of envelopes with doodles: they are … More
Tag: Being ignored
Doubt
[S]everal things dovetailed in my mind, & at once it struck me, what quality went to form a Man … More
To failure!
I listened to the most wonderful radio programme about failure the other day. It featured Anne Enright talking with clear-eyed … More
The stationery thing again
My blog post yesterday about the stationery thing provoked more responses than I ever imagined it would. Among the … More
On disappearing
I wrote recently about poets who disappear from view, specifically Susannah Amoore, from Faber’s Poetry Introduction 6. My point is far … More