Those School Brochures: How to stand out from the crowd

8 years ago

If you're in the market for an independent school - or a college for that matter - you will have…

Traveler, there is no road

8 years ago

Traveler, there is no road Caminante, no hay camino Traveler, your footprints are the only road, nothing else. Traveler, there…

Song of the Dark Ages

8 years ago

Song of the Dark Ages We digged our trenches on the down    Beside old barrows, and the wet White…

On the Steps of the Jefferson Memorial

8 years ago

The simplest poems can be amongst the most profound. On the Steps of the Jefferson Memorial We invent our gods…

Among the Narcissi

8 years ago

Spring comes earlier in the UK than it does here and the growing season is longer and cooler. Plath's poem…

A Performance of Henry V at Stratford-upon-Avon

8 years ago

When Lawrence Olivier produced Henry V toward the end of World War II it was partly funded by the government…

Bent to the Earth

8 years ago

Here is a scene of violence and inhumanity that feels torn from the front page of the newspaper or a…

In Parenthesis: Part 1

8 years ago

This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt and was part of. The period covered begins in…

Appeal to the Grammarians

8 years ago

The temperature's rising. Time to think about eating outside and settling in at a sidewalk cafe to watch the world…

At The Bomb Testing Site

8 years ago

Jerry Harp's commentary in the Kenyon Review brought this poem back to mind. Always good to be reminded of William…