Shakespeare Sonnet #1
View this post on Instagram It has led me to undertake what follows. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for m...
Category: Poetry
Patrick Stewart Reads Shakespeare’s Sonnets
On March 22 2020, Sir Patrick Stewart posted on Instagram a video of himself reciting Shakespeare’s Sonnet 119 “Let not marriage . . ..” The reception was so en...
Ich Am From Irelande
Icham[ref]Ich am “I am” [/ref] of Irlaunde And of the holy londe Of Irlande. Gode sire, preye ich the[ref]preye ich the “I pray thee”[/r...
How to Talk About Poetry
Let’s be honest. Reading poetry, in the greater scheme of things, is just this side of engaging in an obscenity. Poetry is meant to be spoken or sung or c...
Western Wind
Western wind, when will thou blow? The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! Anonymous; British Library Royal App...
Donne’s A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Day
Saint Lucy’s day is December 13. The Julian calendar was still in use when Donne wrote, so that the Winter solstice and consequently the shortest day of the yea...