Lenten Poetry Challenge Thursday Lent Poem 30 Iambicum Trimetrum Edmund Spenser 1579 1 Unhappy verse, the witness of my unhappy state, 2 Make thy self flutt'ring wings of thy fast flying 3 Thought, … Continue reading Poetry for Lent Nos 26 – 30
2011
Poetry for Lent Nos 21 – 25
Lenten Poetry Challenge Saturday Lent Poem 25 The Happiest Day Edgar Allan Poe 1827 I. The happiest day--the happiest hour My seared and blighted heart hath known, The highest hope of pride and power, I feel hath flown. II. Of power! said I? Yes! such I ween But they have vanished long, alas! The … Continue reading Poetry for Lent Nos 21 – 25
Poetry for Lent Nos 16 – 20
Lenten Poetry Challenge Monday Lent Poem 20 Self Pity D.H. Lawrence 1929 I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. Sunday Lent Poem 19 Invictus W.E. Henley 1875 Out of the night that covers me, Black … Continue reading Poetry for Lent Nos 16 – 20
Poetry for Lent Nos 11 – 15
Lenten Poetry Challenge Thursday Lent Poem 15 Leisure William Henry Davies 1911 What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide … Continue reading Poetry for Lent Nos 11 – 15
Poetry for Lent No 6-10
Lenten Poetry Challenge Saturday Lent Poem 10 Please Mrs Butler Allan Ahlberg 1984 I found a copy of this collection of poems about school in Poverty Aid and just fell in love with this, the 'title track', if you will. Please Mrs. Butler This boy Derek Drew Keeps copying my work, Miss. What shall I … Continue reading Poetry for Lent No 6-10
Poetry for Lent – Poems 1-5
Lenten Poetry ChallengeAs the poetry corner needs a little bit of tweaking (read it's broken waaa!!!) I thought it might be as well to have a more permanent record of the poems I've read over the Lenten period, broken into handy little bite sized pieces*. Monday Lent Poem 5 Travelling North Helen Mort … Continue reading Poetry for Lent – Poems 1-5
Scarborough Lit Fest
Being a proud Scarborian, I was more than a little chuffed to discover that for the last five years my home town has been hosting a cracking little literature festival. This year's line up is to be honest extraordinarily good. When I first looked at the website I let out a small sob of joy … Continue reading Scarborough Lit Fest
Books, my Mum, and Me
My mum and I, when I was about five. I am sporting my 'Josie Smith' haircut. Every time I look in the mirror I see my mum starring back at me. That never gets any less weird. When I first started primary school, I couldn’t read. I had been read to every single night of … Continue reading Books, my Mum, and Me
Young Fagin….
Recent times have seen a dearth of literary re-workings, from Charlie Higson's excellent Young Bond series (if you've got a 13 year old spy-addict who hasn't read Silverfin yet then get on it!) to this week’s revelation that Jennifer Garner shall be playing a young lithe (American?) Miss Marple. No matter what you think of … Continue reading Young Fagin….
Hello old friends
Ok, so this isn't really a blog post, per se...but I hope that you find it interesting none the less! As I am still on my poetry kick, I've been looking up poems I first discovered as a kid. Here are a few of my favourites. I'll start with a quickie. CS Lewis, from The … Continue reading Hello old friends
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