Do Not Collect Two Hundred Dolla’s
This week, the American satirist, song-writer and mathematician Tom Lehrer died at the age of 97. To mark his passing, I have chosen “We Will All Go Together When We Go”
Them He Cannot Take
I have chosen this week’s poem in honour of my friend and relative by marriage Michael, whose legacy of kindness and patience is enviable.
The Days of Wine and Roses
This week’s choice is necessarily short as I have been suffering from a hideous gastric upset all week and haven’t had the time to devote to a long poem. It is “Vitae Summa Brevis” by Ernest Dowson.
My Noon, My Midnight, My Talk, My Song
This week I have chosen Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden to mark the funeral of a dearly loved member of the family.