Cups They know us by our lips. They know the proverb about the space between us. Many slip. They … More
Tag: Poetry Exhaustion
It has gone
For now, at least, it has gone. The notebooks with promising phrases, the backs of envelopes with doodles: they are … More
All this sitting about in cafés
The Sofas, Fogs and Cinemas I have lived it, and lived it, My nervous, luxury civilisation, My sugar-loving nerves … More
When one poet rescues another poet
Deep Third Man(poem for a retired wicket-keeper)That leg-side stumping of yourshangs safe in the memory(if not of the man you … More
Lifesaving Poems: John Burnside’s ‘A Private Life’
A Private LifeI want to drive home in the duskof some late afternoon, the journey slow, the tractors spilling hay,the … More
Lifesaving Poems: George Messo’s ‘The Beautiful Apartments’
The Beautiful ApartmentsThe thought working its way towards the light.-Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1946In the empty blockacross the lake from hereyou notice … More
Poetry Exhaustion
If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading it), sooner … More
