Saturday, May 24, 2025

Testimony of one of Sir John Franklin's Officers. Poems I've written #6

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  Testimony of One of Sir John Franklin’s Officers.   When I was a child I was promised the ocean: a trip to the coast, so we rode down to H...
Friday, May 16, 2025

'Just once' and 'The decorator admires his predecessor's work' Poems I have written #5

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  Just Once.   On winter evenings coming home, the fire was my concern. If it were dead I’d have to bring it back to life before my dad’s re...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

From Base Materials by Jenny Lewis, a review of sorts.

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 Jenny Lewis, From Base Materials, Carcanet, 2024 Well-written poems provide the pleasure that only well-written poetry can provide, a fact ...
Friday, May 9, 2025

The Devil Tenders his Resignation. Poems I have written #4

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The Devil tenders His resignation   It hurts Me to admit this but I’ve had enough. I think it’s time You shut up shop,  and spent Your dotag...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

After the wedding: a fairy tale. Poems I have written #3

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After the Wedding. A Fairy Tale.  Rush lights and fire’s light Shadow and shiver. where the story teller sits. on the edges of darkness.   D...
Saturday, April 26, 2025

C.S.Lewis on the necessity of rereading.

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C.S.Lewis ‘There is hope for a man who never read Malory or Boswell or Tristram Shandy or Shakespeare’s Sonnets ; but what can you do with a...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Why read 'literature'. The Pope's answer

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 Leaving aside the problem of defining 'literature' as against 'books'. I've heard and read many claims for the power of...