I was looking for a different poem when I turned a few pages and out popped the following poem by Seamus Heaney. After reading it I no longer looked for that other poem, another day perhaps! Today’s poem was written in the 1960s when Heaney was in his early 20s. I am mindful that weContinue reading “Late August”
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THE WAY OF IT
Those of you who have been reading this blog for some time know my fondness for the words of R.S. Thomas. His words combine faith and doubt, certainty and mystery, sound and silence. His wife, Mildred “Elsie” Eldridge (for 51 years until her death) was a well regarded English Artist and book illustrator. They sharedContinue reading “THE WAY OF IT”
A good dog story!
In a much lighter mood from The Odyssey I turn to Billy Collins. The back cover of the book I quote from today refers to Collins’ poems as follows – “…they may, and often do, begin with the everyday and end in the infinite. Collins has managed to enrich American poetry while greatly widening theContinue reading “A good dog story!”
“Ithaca, at last”
The moive is out but as yet I have not seen it, however I think I will prefer the book! Homer’s Odyssey, an epic of adventure of the ten years for Odysseus, (Latin Ulysses) to return to Ithaca after the ten year battle of Troy! Early reviews of director Chris Nolan’s movie are full ofContinue reading ““Ithaca, at last””
