The Day That Summer Died From all around the mourners came The day that Summer died, From hill and valley,…
There are pockets of Poughkeepsie that still have a rural look and feel. Cows graze and the corn is ripe…
Here then, as promised is the indulgence of blackberry poems. (For any very young readers confused by Thirteen Ways of…
If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs but we've got no eggs. That First World War…
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Farm work is one of the best jobs for getting to know people as they really are. The…
When it comes to school improvement - or the fine art of problem finding and solution seeking - it's always…
Paul Nash's fascination with aerial bombardment led him to an ecstatic vision of “the sky blossoming with floating flowers”. This,…
I'm not giving anything away by quoting the deep irony of the last lines of Saplings: Turns you over, don’t…
Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge...…