W.H.Auden

The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club

Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…

2 years ago

1940 and the #1940Club

Hope I'm not jumping the gun here but the #1940Club starts next week and I've been gearing up and getting…

2 years ago

Stroll, Soodle or Stroam

Soodle - it means means to walk in a slow or leisurely manner; to stroll, saunter. With so many alternatives…

5 years ago

New York City Through the Window: Poetry

In 1975 the poet Allen Ginsberg was in hospital. At a later poetry reading he explained the causes in an…

5 years ago

W. H. Auden and New York

Eighty years ago today - on January 26th, 1939 - the poet W.H.Auden - accompanied by his friend and sometime…

6 years ago

Thank You, Fog

There's the fog of war and there's the poetry of fog. A recent heavy mist  in my patch of the…

6 years ago

Partition

"I was so rushed I had not time to go into the details,"  - Cyril Ratcliffe. The political leaders of…

7 years ago

Russian – American Romance

Russian - American Romance In my land and yours they do hit the hay and sleep the whole night in…

7 years ago

A Ballad on the Taxes

We pay through the nose for subjecting of foes. Abroad we're defeated, at home, we 're cheated. The ides of…

8 years ago

Epitaph on a Tyrant

Epitaph on a Tyrant Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy…

8 years ago

About Suffering They Were Never Wrong

About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place…

8 years ago

The Night Mail

This is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters…

10 years ago

Darkness and Light

What 60 schools can tell us about teaching 21st century skills. Here's the TEDx Denver version of the talk Grant Lichtman gave at…

12 years ago

Show an Affirming Flame: It’s Not The Real World and That’s a Good Thing

On the last day of the year, time to show an affirming flame as another low dishonest decade ends. I’ll…

15 years ago