Walk with me Along this grass-lined corridor In our most businesslike self-wicking suits And expensive boots, Discussing such important matters As the sound that swans make when they fly And the exact colour of a bowl of water In … Continue reading
No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory … Continue reading
Two favourites: He wishes for the cloths of heaven, by William Butler Yeats Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the … Continue reading
Nation’s Ode to the Coast – Dr John Cooper Clarke A big fat sky and a thousand shrieks The tide arrives and the timber creaks A world away from the working week Ou est la vie nautique? That’s where the … Continue reading
I have started reading a book which may be unique in its not ticking a single item on the list: an anthology of poetry called 101 Portraits in Verse by my favourite poet, Hugo Williams. However I’ve left this at … Continue reading
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the … Continue reading
There once was a Doctor called Pock -less who had a pint no matter what. He crowd-sourced a sonnet And wore a big bonnet Actually that’s not true but so what? There’s a reason why Lyle‘s standard order is a … Continue reading
I’d like to ask you all to have a drink But payment must forsooth be forthcoming; A rhyming couplet, limerick or worse – You’re free to choose the format of your verse. We’d like a crowd-sourced sonnet if we can, … Continue reading