Guest blog post: Andrew Waterhouse and the seventh syllable, by Helena Nelson

I am delighted to welcome Helena Nelson to continue our series on overlooked poets. Andrew Waterhouse and the Seventh … More

Homesick

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward … More

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost … More

Some time ago I wrote about the importance to me of discovering, through my friend Duncan Kramer, the anthology The … More

I want to live – Sharon Olds The most intense reading group I ever belonged to wasn’t really a reading … More

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