The most read Lifesaving Poems of 2013

These are the most read Lifesaving Poems posts of 2013. Mary Oliver, ‘The Journey’ I first read this on … More

The Top 10 Lifesaving Poems

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts in May 2010. The idea was to celebrate the poems … More

I fell in love with the poetry of Mark Strand via the enthusiasm of Rupert Loydell sometime in the late … More

Alone I One evening in February I came near to dying here. The car skidded sideways on the ice, out … More

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