‘80% of success is showing up.’ -Woody Allen I was chatting with a student the other day when I said … More
Tag: Gwen Harwood
Homesick
“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward … More
Lifesaving Poems: Gwen Harwood’s ‘Cups’
Cups They know us by our lips. They know the proverb about the space between us. Many slip. They … More
Sideswiped by poetry
And sometimes you don’t know where it comes from. It appears as a heat, prickly, under your skin, your scalp. … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More