Like the man Hemingway describes going bankrupt gradually and then suddenly, I realised the other day that I can no … More
Tag: Hubert Moore
More places of hope
I said here a couple of years ago that Natalie Jabbar’s blog of curated poems each April is like a … More
Not a ‘thin’ year for poetry
It was one of those throwaway remarks made by one writer, male, to another, ditto, in one of those books … More
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
Lawrence Sail’s love
The Lack of You Level as any water, constant as clock-time,the lack of you has occupied the house.It is an … More
When one poet rescues another poet
Deep Third Man(poem for a retired wicket-keeper)That leg-side stumping of yourshangs safe in the memory(if not of the man you … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More
