Daybreak Morning is a revealing; confession of rivers, Rainfall hushed of the rhetoric of surprise,Field that can furrow the heart; a land our eyesHave learnt by rote, not leaned over like lovers;... Read more »
What makes a Christmas poem? It could be a drift of snow or some evergreen trees, a box of candy canes or the baby Jesus. The best-known poem attending to the holiday... Read more »
The Weight of the World Oh, how they blew like vast sails in the breeze,my mother’s wet sheets, pegged hard to the ropeof her washing line. There was always hopeof dry weather... Read more »
The ambition to create is indistinguishable from the fear, verging sometimes on conviction, that you can never do so. Glück’s genius as a poet was reflected in her keen understanding that the... Read more »
For many poets in 2023, the climate crisis became the most urgent subject, with warnings to grab attention and, hopefully, stir action. Most notable of the many collections rooted in ecology is... Read more »