Here are some links from my archive to keep you going while I summon the energy and wherewithal to get … More
Tag: Tony Hoagland
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog posts page
In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog … 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
Except the Americans
As I said recently, I have been moving. Not away, not abroad. But here, within the space that already exists, … 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
The woman at the workshop
I am at a thing. Not a famous thing, but an important one nevertheless. People are there, people you and … More
Poetry and illness
Medicine The black hair of my Chinese doctor gleams like combed ink as he leans over his desk, with quick … More
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog Posts
Below is a collection of my blog posts for the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. I will update it as I … More
Coming home to Aldeburgh
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tony Hoagland’s ‘Jet’
Thanks to the recommendation of Naomi Jaffa (again) I had the smug pleasure of already knowing the work of Tony … More
Lifesaving Poems
I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More