When the world doesn’t seem to care, turn to Auden’s moving elegy.
ReadCategory: From Volume 1, Part 4 (2023 – 2025)
Away, Melancholy
When Stevie Smith gets knocked down, she gets back up again.
ReadFrom Long Distance
Tony Harrison’s father copes with grief in his own way.
ReadThe City Planners
Take a drive through Margaret Atwood’s sinister suburban poem to find out who the City Planners are – and what they really want.
ReadA Consumer’s Report
Peter Porter pushes back against consumer-culture in this uniquely un-poetic poem.
ReadNight Sweat
Sink or swim in the sea of Robert Lowell’s obsession.
ReadRequest to a Year
Judith Wright knows what it takes to be a successful artist: her great-great-grandmother showed her the way.
ReadThe Telephone Call
Fleur Adcock reminds us that, in the final reckoning, we’re all winners; we just need to remember to appreciate it.
ReadOzymandias
Pride comes before a fall in Percy Shelley’s smashing sonnet.
ReadThe Man with Night Sweats
Thom Gunn gives form to fear in a time of crisis.
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