Cabbages and Kings
This week’s poem is “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) and marks his 190th birthday.
Stars At Elbow And Foot
This week’s choice is “And Death Shall Have No Dominion” by Dylan Thomas, which I have chosen to mark the passing of a much-loved uncle.
The Steel of Freedom
This week’s poem is “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes, one of the leading lights of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Sobriety of My Youth
This week’s poem is Jenny Joseph’s “Warning” which I have chosen because it is light-hearted but carries a great message.
A Cup O’ Kindness
This week’s poem is the traditional celebration of friendship and good times sung at New Year parties across the world that is generally attributed to Robert Burns.
Nothing Succeeds Like Excess
This week’s poem was suggested by my mother, who found it in an old newspaper clipping. It is called “Dear Old Aunt Maud” and it was written by Bill Knott, the restaurant critic of The Telegraph at the time, who has gone on to write for The Financial Times, Bloomberg, and The Oldie, and is an ambassador for Action Against Hunger.
Searching for the True
This week’s choice is “The Confirmation” by Edwin Muir, reflecting the moment when we find that special someone.
A Thousand Countenances
This week’s choice is “Faces” by Kahlil Gibran which reminds us that a face can conceal or reveal.
Tuppence Per Person Per Week
This week’s choice is the sequel to “Albert and the Lion” which I covered in June 2020, in which we discover what happened after his unfortunate adventure.