Charles Swinburne says he’ll do anything for love – but does he mean it?
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Category: Songs of Ourselves Volume 2
Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrestles with depression in a poem that seems to anticipate his own destiny.
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I Hear An Army…
James Joyce suffers from terrible nightmares.
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After
There’s never enough time says Philip Bourke Marston in this powerful poem about loss and bereavement.
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In Praise of Creation
Faith is stronger than doubt in this eulogy by Elizabeth Jennings.
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Ode on Melancholy
Go with John Keats on a quest to find Joy in the mystical realm of Lethe.
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Cetacean
If you feel like you’re missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading.
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Stormcock in Elder
Muse, angel, herald, companion, spirit guide. Ruth Pitter explores the significance of a seemingly ordinary bird in this lovely poem.
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