Summer links from the archive

Here are some links from my archive to keep you going while I summon the energy and wherewithal to get … More

Lifesaving poems of summer

As the summer holiday season takes hold, I am posting an old blog post or two from the archive. See … More

Now that we might finally be getting one, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices were about … More

I can remember exactly where I was when I first read ‘Early Summer’. It was on the balcony of … More

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