Here are some links from my archive to keep you going while I summon the energy and wherewithal to get … More
Tag: Stephen Berg
A Blessing in Disguise
A Blessing in Disguise Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive … 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
Dark horses: 21 Lifesaving Poems which should be better known
Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More
Lifesaving poems of summer
Now that we might finally be getting one, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices were about … More
In the bookshop
I have given myself the afternoon off. I have sat for hours in good faith at my desk, all in … More
Eating Outside, by Stephen Berg
I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More
Lifesaving poems of summer
Now that we have finally had one in the UK, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices … More
The Top 20 Lifesaving Poems
I began writing the Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts in May 2010. The idea was to celebrate the poems that I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Stephen Berg’s ‘Eating Outside’
Above the desk where I am writing this is a shelf on which sits more than a yard of poetry … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More