Time and light are kinds of love
In his poem ‘The Word’, Tony Hoagland addresses the reader with a [...]
Causes for carolling
photo: Sarah J. JamiesonHere’s a mid-winter, end of millennium poem [...]
He took off his spectacles and fiercely kissed me
Christmas Eve, I’m just back from another neighbours’ gathering. Another [...]
The whole pile is slipping
This morning I woke very early and drafted some poems [...]
Like a shadow or a friend
Here's a poem about kindness by Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab [...]
A guest, worthy to be here
Here’s one of my favourite poems of all time: Love [...]
All the earth has become a house
I’ve just finished reading a haunting and beautiful book of [...]
The real bedtime story
Time plays tricks. Sometimes it seems endlessly spacious – like [...]
I am done with apple-picking now
These pictures were taken in 2007 when Caroline Carver, Penelope [...]
Wet with a decent happiness
It’s raining, a persistent soft drizzle that the ground is [...]
