Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of chat about “cats” in the ether! As if we didn’t know enough about Taylor Swift, we now know the names of her cats, Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button! The poet T.S. Eliot grew up here in St. Louis, although in adult lifeContinue reading “The Ad-dressing of Cats”
Monthly Archives: September 2024
Fog -“the opposite of Pentecost”!
It may come as no surprise to you to learn that my desk diary is the Faber & Faber Poetry Diary 2024. Each week contains a poem and as I turned the pages into October, there it was, a poem by Christopher Reid from his book Toys/Tricks/Traps entitled Fog. As he describes fog descending toContinue reading “Fog -“the opposite of Pentecost”!”
Dance, that ye need no other day
You never have to explain chocolate cake, it is just chocolate cake, it needs no explanation, no elaboration, no analysis, it needs just one bite followed my many others and every bite confirms what the previous one confirmed, its chocolate cake pure and simple, so enjoy! The poetry of Philip Larkin often lends itself toContinue reading “Dance, that ye need no other day”
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 