Hare-bell sea
A lyrical description of the Greek island of Thera, bursting with flowers and trees, and all sloping down to a...
A poet’s sister or a sister poet?
In Dorothy Wordsworth's journals, you sense the extent to which she supported her brother's writing. Some things she records become...
Dancing leaves
They do spin and pirouette in a gusty autumn breeze, and I liked this reference to a rag blown in...
The piling up of beauty
Clive James' spent decades working on his splendid translation of Dante, sometimes in 'back burner' mode, other times full on. ...
Spring-time welcome
My heart also expands at the spring-time welcome of where I live and where I visit. Here, the detail of...
An event, a happening
Mandelstam lived in a brutal place and time, costing him years of freedom and ultimately, his life. Â All the...
Sea-like sound
I like the description of a sound in the trees resembling the sea; land and water confounded.
'There...
The purpose of patrons
Doing some research on architectural gems in my newly adopted 'home town', I came across this comment on the Barbarano...
The proper form of fairy goblets
Acorns as fairy goblets, of course. But what is this 'moss cup' that Dorothy Wordsworth considers a better goblet for...
The brimming basin of the sea
When I read this description of the sea I thought immediately of the photo you see featured here, which I...
Birthday blooms
Summer arrived just in time for its own birthday this year, but what a flurry of colour and bursting of...
Butterflies of all colours
Dorothy Wordsworth's eye for details, and her care in noting them, are a wonder, allowing her to converse with people...
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