Welcome
Welcome to my new look website. I intend to post my thoughts here, initially repeating the Poet’s Day posts from my Facebook account.
The Napoleon of Crime
Time for a more upbeat poem this week, and I’ve chosen “Macavity: the Mystery Cat” by T.S. Eliot because it’s always amused me.
Grief’s Surgery
This week’s poem is “Into the Hour” by Elizabeth Jennings, and I have chosen it because it is a poem about remembrance but also about the rebirth of hope.
Salt With Tears
This week’s poem is chosen to commemorate Remembrance Day. It is “Paris, November 11, 1918” by May Wedderburn Cannan.
Sing and Dance Together
This week’s poem marks another wedding: that of my friend Sam’s daughter Charlotte to her long time partner Nathan. It is taken from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran.
Ye Ugly Witch
This week’s choice is “Alison Gross”, an anonymous ballad about a witch whose spell is broken on Hallowe’en.
This Sweet Archaic Song
This week’s poem is “To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence” by James Elroy Flecker.
Fabulous Steeds
This week’s poem is “The Horses” by Edwin Muir, and I have chosen it to reflect the current world situation.
True to You
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.
Two Strong Men
This week’s choice is “The Ballad of East and West” by Rudyard Kipling, a poem which has been frequently misquoted.
The Wind Still Blows
This week’s poem is by Charles Bukowski and reminds us that despite the vagaries of our technological world, the real world goes on.