Lifesaving Poems: Piotr Sommer’s ‘Morning on Earth’

Morning on Earth Morning on earth, light snow, and just when it was so warm, practically spring. But the thermometer … 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

I have been thinking a lot recently about the career trajectory of poets, including my own, whose work briefly becomes visible … More

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