Sometimes Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail, sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes step back from war; elect an honest man; decide they care  enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor. Some … Continue reading Sometimes – Sheenagh Pugh

In the Next Galaxy     Things will be different. No one will lose their sight, their hearing, their gallbladder. It will be all Catskills with brand new wrap-around verandas. The idea of Hitler will not have vibrated yet. While back here, they are still cleaning out pockets of wrinkled Nazis hiding in Argentina. But … Continue reading In the Next Galaxy – Ruth Stone

O Tell Me The Truth About Love Some say love's a little boy, And some say it's a bird, Some say it makes the world go around, Some say that's absurd, And when I asked the man next-door, Who looked as if he knew, His wife got very cross indeed, And said it wouldn't do.Does … Continue reading O Tell Me The Truth About Love – W.H. Auden

Because we are nothing if not objective... For my second ever Valentine, my boyfriend at the time mis-spelt my name... Be still my heart. Symphony Recital     by Dorothy Parker I do not like my state of mind; I'm bitter, querulous, unkind. I hate my legs, I hate my hands, I do not yearn for … Continue reading Valentines Day? Bah, humbug!

The first Valentines Day card I ever received (from someone OTHER than my parents) had the following poem accompanying it. And being over the moon with delight and joy (at having received one!) I promptly memorised it and can still recite it with pleasure. A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly THE RED rose whispers … Continue reading Happy Valentines Day!