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The Enemies
Elizabeth Jennings explores the poisonous power of paranoia in this cold-war parable
ReadThe Man with Night Sweats
Thom Gunn gives form to fear in a time of crisis.
ReadHe Never Expected Much
Don’t look back in anger, advises Thomas Hardy; but is he hiding deeper regrets?
ReadThe Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument
Anne Stevenson’s philosophical poem asks what it means to be truly alive.
ReadOn Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book
Charles Tennyson Turner finds himself unexpectedly moved by a tiny tragedy.
ReadVerses Written on her Death-Bed at Bath
Mary Monck ruminates on death and life in this touching verse-letter.
ReadThe Forsaken Wife
Elizabeth Thomas exposes what it means to be a woman in a man’s world.
ReadLove in a Life
Lose yourself in Robert Browning’s twisted labyrinth.
ReadI Find No Peace
Sir Thomas Wyatt is trapped by his own conflicting desires.
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