Whatever you do, don’t pity Edna St Vincent Millay for her broken heart.
ReadTag: Songs of Ourselves Anthology
Song to the Men of England
Percy Bysshe Shelley exhorts us to rise up in this powerful poetical polemic.
ReadNot Waving But Drowning
Stevie Smith asks if we couldn’t all do a little more to help from time to time.
ReadIn Praise of Creation
Faith is stronger than doubt in this eulogy by Elizabeth Jennings.
ReadOde on Melancholy
Go with John Keats on a quest to find Joy in the mystical realm of Lethe.
ReadCetacean
If you feel like you’re missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading.
ReadLittle Boy Crying
Mervyn Morris debates if it’s ever right to smack a child.
ReadMid-Term Break
Seamus Heaney shares with us a sad memory from his childhood.
ReadStormcock 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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