Dark horses: 21 Lifesaving Poems which should be better known

Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More

Lifesaving Poems: Yorifumi Yaguchi’s Praying Mantis

Praying MantisThis morning I saw a malepraying mantis beingeaten by his female.I could almost hear hiswild shout of ecstasyas his … More

Lifesaving Poems

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