The strangest of times
Been enjoying the rhyming recitals of Probably Tomfoolery, and in particular this one, 'The Strangest of Times', see him perform...
Light-stream interplay
The dancing dust of a sunbeam also glimmering as a mirror hall for fireflies. What a bright image.
Close-fitted
Poetry often seems to me a distillation, a whittling down to essentials, and this snugly tight fit between words and...
As it sounded, so it looked
In the preface to his marvelous translation of Dante, Clive James mentions the poet's pithiness. I can't judge it in...
Poems for my family 006 – Cavafy
This poem has been in my mental saddlebags for about a quarter of a century. I can't remember how I...
Too much information
Dante anticipated the age in which we are drowned in facts, fake and otherwise. Note his observation of our being...
Doubt in an age of faith
Dante lived in an age where faith was the norm, at least in public, and doubt could land you in...
Slow words emerging
A halting mode of speech, the words slow-emerging, like the tearing of pages from a long-closed book. That is how Dante's...
Poems for my family 008 – Drayton
Listening time: under 5 minutes. One of the greatest love poems in English, this was written by Michael...
Bat-haunted cave
In general, I would run a mile from anything bat-haunted - apparently random, erratic flight patterns bring out some primeval...
Merry Christmas dear kind readers
Dear Kind Readers,
WritingRedux wishes you a Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, and in any case a hefty dose...
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