A fake persona
Wane into obscurity
Astonish me now
✏️ #mbnov
Category: Poetry
Posted on November 2, 2020
Concentrate on sleep
Losing thoughts and ideas
Mislaid in the mist
✏️ #mbnov
Posted on November 1, 2020
An autumn morning
Dreary days of wind and rain
Sweeping sodden leaves
✏️ #mbnov
Posted on October 31, 2020
John Keats was born #OnThisDay, 31st October 1795. And on 31st October 1820 the 25 year old poet also first set foot on Italian soil after 35 days at sea and 10 in quarantine. Keats-Shelley Memorial Association podcast 🔗
Posted on October 8, 2020
Currently reading: The Fire of Joy by Clive James 📚
Posted on October 6, 2020
From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner's terrific guide to poetry 🔗
>Now embarking on its second series, the podcast is a terrific listen: bursting with enthusiasm for its chosen poems and constantly amusing about Skinner’s relationship with them.
Posted on October 1, 2020
Posted on September 28, 2020
Clive James: 'The poems I remember are the milestones marking the journey of my life' 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ What makes great poetry? An exclusive extract from the late critic’s final book The Fire of Joy celebrates the poems he loved most. 📚
Posted on September 27, 2020
'He returned to what he really was': Clive James's daughter on his poetic farewell 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Ten months before his death last year at the age of 80, Clive James underwent an eight-hour operation to remove a tumour on his face. Already very frail – he had been suffering from leukaemia for a decade – afterwards it took him almost a week to emerge fully into consciousness.
Posted on August 4, 2020
The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born #OnThisDay, 4th August 1792.
