Poem of the year?

Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this … More

The most popular lifesaving poems

Earlier this year my Lifesaving Poems blog enjoyed something of a milestone. Not as momentous as Jimmy Anderson taking his … More

I feel a great sense of weariness as I look at the current political scene. Domestically, in the UK, we … More

Recently, I took our 11-year old boy to see the Turners in the National Gallery of Ireland. These 31 watercolours … More

Heaven on Earth Now that it is night, you fetch the wash from outer space, from the frozen … More

Here are the most read Lifesaving Poems of 2014. For the first time I have been able to compare last … More

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems posts in May, 2011. Below is a list of the twenty most popular poems … More

These are the most read Lifesaving Poems posts of 2013. Mary Oliver, ‘The Journey’ I first read this on … More

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts in May 2010. The idea was to celebrate the poems that I … More

Everything is Going to be All Right How should I not be glad to contemplatethe clouds clearing beyond the dormer … More