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If mankind has dethroned the ancient gods,then what has mankind brought upon itself?since - no more prayer, requests – no special treatsfor those who..

We begin by loving our parents,(said the famous author) :later we judge them;rarely, if ever, do we forgive them…a jaundiced view?we remember (most..

Poetry is about freedom.The spirit of freedom.The freedom of spirit.You're free to post your poems here.People are free to comment on them.Or..

When we invited her to read to us(she’d be 95 this year) , should we then askif she or we should choosewhich poems she might read -she who had..

and brought back with herthe first few primroses she did not picktucked neat into the hedgerowa wisp of sheepwoolcaught on wire she did not toucha..

This is the meadow.It slopes from bright Southdown to the West and Northfrom the primroses in the southern hedgedown through the violets, sometimes..

It’s part of the tourism thing –you stick your nose, more in duty than in hope,into the local church;the flowers at leastmay be friendly; the flower..

The staff behind the barfreely exchanging commentsin their language you don't understandstare blatantly at youas if you are a travelling zoo -that's..

As you enter this quiet and peaceful sunlit room,it seems at first all space; but then your eye- as is intended – straightway drawnto that fine..

so Magnusson,the mastermind that's a jokeof West Hamateurshas sacked Pardewa scholarly note herepardew is old norman Frenchfor by God, as might..

Ooh! Ow! ...I'm a victim! ...I've got a psychic scar! ...not in my schooldays,I have to say;how quickly the world changes!Life was straightforward at..

Every word needsa good wash now and then –a good scrub, put it through the wringeror tumbledry it; hang it on the line outside to dry,let the air go..

and I'm sitting in the pub,fruitful source of people-watching verse,(Jake will know it)collecting the strength to walking-stick homeor that's the..

Once I had this fanciful idea of recordingthe silence in each great cathedraland marketing these...As you pull open the worn and squeaky doorthere's..

I’m wondering –with, I trust, due circumspectionwith respect to these holy, mighty mattersyet with the open mindwhich He has risked mankind and me..

Comfortable, oh yes comfortablebut how to explainthe other thingsthe warningsthat there were to beothers like and not like methat I was not the only..

and there was this onewhich I was particularly proud ofwhere I thought I’d caughtjust the right pace, thenthe change of pace whenthe poem goes..

and you can’t remember muchabout the first time you read it exceptthat it held you to the end, but most of allthis one line, which seemed to holdthe..

Frat boy,bratboy,innuendo chat-boy,why do girlies fall for you?You’re really too good to be true –and it’s true - you’re just not you –your humdrum..

and spoke with authorityabout the never before

Who does not wish to give the perfect giftto those we love – to whom we have alreadygiven the greatest gift we have – our heart?To choose a visible..

She was artistic as a student,sweet-natured, imaginative, notoverly ambitious; a good catchfor him, the fellow student withthe drive, the ambition..

Wilfrid Chin Sue says that poetryis about ‘about’, and thank you Wilffor that, and thanks too from us poets allto e.e.cummings for reminding usthat..

A poet friend spoke of a poetic form called a ghazaland said, why don’t you try to write a poem like a ghazal?They’ve been revived in recent years in..

I lie awake as the light night-rain falls, listeningto its irregularities, listeningas the breeze blows it now and thenagainst the window and the..