August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we … More
Tag: Poems on the Underground
Lifesaving Poems: Czeslaw Milosz’s ‘And Yet the Books’
And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings,That appeared once, still wetAs … More
Lifesaving Poets: Gerard Benson
I was saddened to hear of the death of Gerard Benson last week. A poet and anthologist, he was probably … More
Finding ‘And Yet the Books’
One year I decided that I would decorate one of my teaching rooms with my collection of Poems on the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Words, Wide Night’
Like a lot of people I first came across Carol Ann Duffy‘s ‘Words, Wide Night’ as a Poems on the … More
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