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
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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
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
Poddy the third – Let’s Get Classical!
* * *PODCAST* * * Usual spoiler and language warnings apply! The one where we finally get stuck into the Bronte Sisters and Jane Austen, discussing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, Jane Eyre by her sister Charlotte, and our favourite Jane Austen's - AVIDREADER on Pride & Prejudice while BOOKELF dissects Persuasion. … Continue reading Poddy the third – Let’s Get Classical!
The Cry of the Go-Away Bird – A chat with Andrea Eames
A few weeks ago, after a glowing recommendation from a friend, I read 'The Cry of the Go Away Bird' by Andrea Eames. This atmospheric book is set in Zimbabwe during the late 1990's, covering the increasingly volatile political and economic situation through the eyes of a young teenager - sorry, a young white teenager, … Continue reading The Cry of the Go-Away Bird – A chat with Andrea Eames
World Book Night – The Books!
BOOKS! BOOKS AND BOOZE! FREE BOOKS AND BOOZE!! In fact, if you take into account that glass of wine @Decknologist gave me, it was actually FREE BOOKS AND FREE BOOZE What a fantastic night! I know that BOOKELF has posted about the In's and Outs of the event, so I'll try to avoid being too … Continue reading World Book Night – The Books!
Book Club the Bigger! Meeting the first!
Venue: Arcadia Bar Date: 30th January 2011 Time: 5pm - 7pm Agreed on: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Discussed: The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey Right, despite this being the first time we had all met up, we wasted no time in getting started, barely waiting for … Continue reading Book Club the Bigger! Meeting the first!
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