In August last year I wrote about Tom Paulin’s poem of hurt and slow healing ‘A Lyric Afterwards’. It wasn’t … More
Tag: Tom Paulin
Birdsong
This morning, as on every morning for the last two weeks, the wood was loud with birdsong. I heard robin, … More
Uniformed comedians
I’ve been saying Tom Paulin’s line about ‘uniformed comedians’ a lot this summer. I don’t really want to go into … More
Lifesaving Poems: Piotr Sommer’s ‘Morning on Earth’
Morning on Earth Morning on earth, light snow, and just whenit was so warm, practically spring.But the thermometer in the … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tom Paulin’s ‘A Lyric Afterwards’
‘A Lyric Afterwards’ was the poem in which I finally got Tom Paulin. I had been given a tape of him … More
When poets don’t appear
MorningThe gentleness of secretaries in the morning is somethingto behold. When they are arriving, fluttering through theoffice and settling to … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More
