August, by Tove Jansson

As the summer holidays take over I am re-posting the odd blog post from my archive. To celebrate the start … More

The Year of Living Deeply 20: Poems hatch – a found poem by Marge Piercy

Poems hatch Poems hatch from memory, fantasy, the need to communicate with the living, the dead, the unborn. Poems come … More

A breath of our mouth Becomes the portrait of the world, The type of our thoughts And our feelings … More

Consider what value, What meaning Is enclosed even In the smallest Of our daily habits, In the hundred possessions Which … More

Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade away without anyone noticing. One evening in August you have an errand … More

Recently I have been reading the exquisite prose of Janna Malamud Smith, in her book-length meditation on creativity: An Absorbing Errand: … More