In the mood..

for a bit of Blake

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:

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: