Lifesaving Lines: Stone, I Presume, by Ian Mcmillan

For several weeks before Christmas I had these words from Ian McMillan’s peerless ‘Stone, I Presume’ rattling around my head. … More

Meditation on a line by Martin Stannard (LentBlog2)

A line that has really been haunting me recently is ‘Horses turned out into a cold field have it’ from … More

What I love about autumn is the night arriving early. What I hate about autumn is the day leaving even … More

The afternoon was drawing to a close when I knew I had hit the wall. On its own terms there … More

Isn’t Twitter a marvellous thing? Following a link on a tweet of Jeanne Duperreault last week I came across the Canadian Poetry Online … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More

‘If he had been Spanish then maybe he would bave been valued more.’ -Xavi Hernandez (Spain and Barcelona) on Paul … More