Chris Mills

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• #PoetryinJune: Elizabeth Jennings

  

  I read The Young Ones (1964) by Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001) again recently, and I thought that if I substituted ‘Luas’ or ‘Dart’ for ‘bus’ it easily be a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Samarra Or Isfahan?

  

  I found this poem by Dutch poet PN Van Eyck (1887-1954) in a novel by Kader Abdolah called My Father’s Notebook (Canongate Books, 2006). Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Edith Nesbit

  

  Edith Nesbit’s (1858-1924) stories were a big part of my childhood; I loved The Phoenix and the Carpet and the fantasy of being able to fly away to strange land... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 BOOKS

• #PoetryinJune: Tolkien

  

  My #PoetryinJune spot has been taken over by dwarves today who have been busily tidying Bilbo Baggins’ kitchen, much to the poor Hobbit’s consternation. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Jenny Joseph

  

  This morning, on my #PoetryinJune Reading Challenge, you have the delight of listening to Jenny Joseph (b 1932) reading her poem Warning in a clip that I... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Wilfred Owen

  

  My choice of Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) today is another nod to the GCE ‘O’ Level syllabus of x number of years ago when I was at school in Birmingham and would... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Ian Harrow – Polemos

  

  Gaugin to himselfEperon Press, 1998 (1897)The girl sits on a stone to watch Salt water brush her sturdy feet, Cleansing thighs of dust from the road. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #PoetryinJune: Ian Harrow

  

  Gaugin to himselfEperon Press, 1998 (1897)The girl sits on a stone to watch Salt water brush her sturdy feet, Cleansing thighs of dust from the road. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Wilfred Owen

  

  My choice of Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) today is another nod to the GCE ‘O’ Level syllabus of x number of years ago when I was at school in Birmingham and would... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: James Joyce

  

  Happy Bloomsday!As promised my choice of verse today will mark today’s event (though Bloomsday seems to have begun to stretch out over a few days as though it... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: On Marc Chagall

  

  The back story of today’s choice is that yesterday I heard from a friend about a major exhibition of Marc Chagall’s (1887-1985) work that has just moved to... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Faithless Phillis

  

  After yesterday’s nod towards the Yeats Day celebrations I have moved in a rather frivolous direction and have a short poem from a Restoration poet, Sir... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: W.B.Yeats

  

  Having reached day thirteen of my poetry reading challenge, we come to another literary festival marking the life of a famous poet. I have therefore decided to... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: R.L.Stevenson

  

  Yesterday I promised you one more poem about trains and here it is, right on time, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s (1850-1894) A Child’s Garden of Verses. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Old Possum

  

  Now, you may have thought ‘Ah ha, this is going to be a poem about a cat’. And you would indeed be right but it is also a poem that continues the train theme... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Letters and Trains

  

  This poem by W.H. Auden (1907- 1973) combines two of my favourites things, letters and train journeys. It was written to accompany a General Post Office (GPO)... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Goblin Market

  

  This will be the last fairy or other-worldly related poem for a while at least (honest). It does however, not only tie in with the themes of enchantment on... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: Marlowe

  

  Today’s featured poem comes from Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (1564-1593) to coincide with Marlowe Day which is celebrated in Canterbury by the Marlowe Society... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June : A Sonnet

  

  Sonnet (number XLIII) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Poetry in June: More Fairies

  

  My choice today is in honour of the Trinity Dublin Shakespeare Festival which is being held this week from 3-8 June. I have been to a couple of events so far an... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE