Dover Beach

Armies of ignorance conquer all in Matthew Arnold’s dark and disturbing vision of the world.

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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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Adrienne Rich’s mysterious poem suggests we all have something to make up for – but what?

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Whatever you do, don’t pity Edna St Vincent Millay for her broken heart.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley exhorts us to rise up in this powerful poetical polemic.

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Stevie Smith asks if we couldn’t all do a little more to help from time to time.

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Faith is stronger than doubt in this eulogy by Elizabeth Jennings.

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Go with John Keats on a quest to find Joy in the mystical realm of Lethe.

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If you feel like you’re missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading.

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Mervyn Morris debates if it’s ever right to smack a child.

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