Don’t look back in anger, advises Thomas Hardy; but is he hiding deeper regrets?
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Author: Poetry Prof
Poetry Prof is the work of Doug Sillett, from Somerset in the southwest of the UK, a place who's greatest claim to poetry fame is as the site of inspiration for Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument
Anne Stevenson’s philosophical poem asks what it means to be truly alive.
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On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book
Charles Tennyson Turner finds himself unexpectedly moved by a tiny tragedy.
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The Character of a Happy Life
Follow Henry Wotton’s step-by-step guide to peace and contentment.
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Rhyme of the Dead Self
See the lengths A.R.D. Fairburn will go to bury the misery of romantic failure.
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Nearing Forty
A sleepless night prompts Derek Walcott’s intense, introspective poem.
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Verses Written on her Death-Bed at Bath
Mary Monck ruminates on death and life in this touching verse-letter.
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Now Let No Charitable Hope
Elinor Wylie teaches us to face adversity with a dignified smile.
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The Planners
Boey Kim Cheng reveals the sinister side of relentless urbanisation in his poem that delivers a timely warning.
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