The land army fights in the fields. It is in the fields of Britain that the most critical battle of…
August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we…
Did you have times like these in your life? Times that you look back on with a sense of loss…
The Manumit School was an experimental Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, NY. and later Bristol, Pennsylvania. Manumit means freedom and…
In Ivor Gurney's nightmarish vision, the dead among the living bear dire warnings and mockery. Ballad of the Three Spectres…
Some poems capture my attention because they have the twin virtues of being grounded in historical reality and yet reach…
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Some culinary disasters can be repurposed. Here is Glen Baxter on polenta: And then there are times when you just…
Russian - American Romance In my land and yours they do hit the hay and sleep the whole night in…