Dark horses: 21 Lifesaving Poems which should be better known

Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More

When poets don’t appear

MorningThe gentleness of secretaries in the morning is somethingto behold. When they are arriving, fluttering through theoffice and settling to … More

Lifesaving Poems

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More