Tag Archives: Love

This week’s poem is chosen for friends who have welcomed a new baby into their family this week and for someone special to me who works with new mothers and mothers-to-be.

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This week’s poem is about love, and it is Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet from the Portuguese XIV”.

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This week’s choice is the song “In Pursuit of Happiness” by The Divine Comedy and it marks a significant positive change in my personal happiness.

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My dear stepson Tom proposed to Charl this week and she said “yes”, so this week’s theme has to be love so I have chosen “Tell Me the Truth About Love” by W.H. Auden.

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This week’s choice is “A Subaltern’s Love Song” by John Betjeman, a poem based on a real-life story.

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This week’s poem is “Not Love Perhaps” by A.S.J. Tessimond which celebrates the companionship of love, whether that be part of an intimate relationship or a friendship, and expresses the strength we can derive from friendship.

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This week’s poem is “An Arundel Tomb” by Philip Larkin, which I have chosen because it reflects on the immortality of love.

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This week’s poem is chosen for Valentine’s Day, and it’s “i carry your heart with me” by E.E. Cummings. It’s for everyone who has found love and everyone who hopes to.

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This week’s choice is “The Confirmation” by Edwin Muir, reflecting the moment when we find that special someone.

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This week’s poem is Hinterhof by James Fenton and I have chosen it for Kelly and Scott, who got married last weekend and very kindly invited me to join their celebrations.

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