for a bit of Blake
Category Archives: Poetry
John Burnside
Les Murray: 1938 – 2019
W.S. Merwin 1927-2019
The great W.S. Merwin died on March 15 at the age of 91. His best-known poem perhaps is For The Anniversary Of My Death: Continue reading W.S. Merwin 1927-2019
The meaning of Christmas Day
Ash on an old man’s sleeve…….
Street music
Autumn
Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing
Enough of Jane, what about Milton?
2017 wasn’t just the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, it was the 350th anniversary of Paradise Lost, published in April 1667. In belated homage, here’s a thrilling bit of that great work:
