The mighty dead

On #R4Today some of the BBC's best known voices will offer their favourite poems of #comfortandhope. Here @CliveMyrieBBC … More

Lifesaving Poems: Margaret Avison’s ‘Twilight’

During the Christmas period I am reposting some old posts from my archive. Wishing all my readers a very happy … More

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems posts in June 2011, back when I was using Posterous for this blog. … More

I met Peter Carpenter in the summer of 2001 at the Arvon Foundation’s Totleigh Barton writing centre. I was at … More