As I said recently, I have been moving. Not away, not abroad. But here, within the space that already exists, … More
Tag: The North
Finding Sharon Olds’s The Matter of This World
The Collection The Matter of This World: New and Selected Poems (Slow Dancer, 1987) I found The Matter of … More
It is summer for months
It Is Summer for Months Clothes are skimpy and tans are gotwithout flight bags.We saunter beside a canalwhere horses pull … More
Lifesaving Poems: Jo Shapcott’s ‘Era’
EraThe twenty-second day of March two thousand and threeI left home shortly after eight thirtyon foot towards the City. I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Naomi Jaffa’s ‘Some of the Usual’
Some of the UsualStanding in the kitchen before breakfast, not including some of the usual —what to buy in Budgens … More
Lifesaving Poems 