Norman MacCaig’s ‘Aunt Julia’ was the first poem I remember reading which made me think ‘I need to do this’. … More
Tag: Reading Poetry
Lifesaving Poems: Marin Sorescu’s ‘With Only One Life’
With Only One Life Hold with both hands The tray of every day And pass in turn Along this … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tomas Tranströmer’s ‘Alone’
Alone I One evening in February I came near to dying here. The car skidded sideways on the ice, out … More
Poetry Exhaustion
If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading … More
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