-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Lald on He Wishes for the Cloths of… Henry on St Andrews Day 30th Novem… Henry on Two Faces Judith Harding on … P on Henry’s Poem Archives
- September 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- February 2020
- May 2019
- March 2019
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- July 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- July 2016
- April 2016
- February 2016
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- July 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
Categories
Meta
Author Archives: poetrywall
September 1940 The Battle of Britain
High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Seaside Golf
Rejoycing in St Andrews – Golf courses can open again . . Seaside Golf John Betjeman How straight it flew, how long it flew, It cleared the rutty track And soaring, disappeared from view Beyond the bunker’s back – A … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Sea Fever
Sea Fever By John Masefield I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Sometimes Sheenagh Pugh
Sometimes things don’t go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail. Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes will step back from war, elect … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
For All Valentines
John Anderson Robert Burns John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent; But now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snow; But blessings … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Simon Armitage Poem
In the interests of Gender Equality I found the following: She drove her boy to football and to scouts And ironed all his clothes that she’d put out And once, for disobedience, told his mate About his toilet problem, when … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
What’s New in Politics? Noel Coward – There are Bad Times Just Around The Corner
There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky, And its no good whining About a silver lining For what we know from experience that they won’t Roll by. With a scowl and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
One hundred Years since the Armistice – Carol Ann Duffy’s sonnet
The Wound in Time It is the wound in Time. The century’s tides, chanting their bitter psalms, cannot heal it. Not the war to end all wars; death’s birthing place; the earth nursing its ticking metal eggs, hatching new carnage. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
ALAS! POOR QUEEN
ALAS! POOR QUEEN Marion Angus She was skilled in music and the dance And the old arts of love At the court of the poisoned rose And the perfumed glove, And gave her beautiful hand To the pale Dauphin A … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Bird of Freedom Jon Plunkett
The Bird of Freedom (Hirundo rustica) We have tried to cage it with our words and superstitions, poured the devil’s blood into its veins and forked tail. We tether it to summer, have it bring spring on the wing and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment