Earlier this year my Lifesaving Poems blog enjoyed something of a milestone. Not as momentous as Jimmy Anderson taking his … More
Tag: Mary Oliver
What you read in 2019
Here are my most popular blog posts of 2019. As you will have seen, I am taking a brief sabbatical … More
The notion of attention: In memory of Mary Oliver
To celebrate the life of Mary Oliver, who died a week ago, I present a found poem, taken from the … More
Inside Lifesaving Poems 2
Artwork by Angus Joseph Alongside each poem in Lifesaving Poems is a short commentary about how I came across … More
Under the fingernails
The book is already seated at the desk when I enter my office. Papers and books are strewn over every surface. … More
The most read Lifesaving Poems of 2014
Here are the most read Lifesaving Poems of 2014. For the first time I have been able to compare last … More
The most popular Lifesaving Poems
I began writing the Lifesaving Poems posts in May, 2011. Below is a list of the twenty most popular poems … More
The most read Lifesaving Poems of 2013
These are the most read Lifesaving Poems posts of 2013. Mary Oliver, ‘The Journey’ I first read this on … More
Lifesaving Poems: Mary Oliver’s ‘The Journey’
The Journey One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice–though … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More