Blackberry-Picking, by Seamus Heaney for Philip Hobsbaum Late August, given heavy rain and sunFor a full week, the blackberries would … More
Tag: nature
a poem for the victims of police brutality
A Small Needful Fact, by Ross Gay Is that Eric Garner workedfor some time for the Parks and Rec.Horticultural Department, … More
‘And now / the crows break off from the rest of the darkness’
Dear friends, This week’s poem comes from an author whose writing is rich in solace. Mary Oliver has often been … More
a poem for possibility
This week’s poem comes from ‘The Book of Hopes’, a lockdown project by children’s writer Katherine Rundell. You can read … More
a poem for anxiety about the future
Hello my friends, Anxieties over the Coronavirus have escalated extremely quickly over the past few days, at least where I … More
‘the leaping greenly spirits of trees / and a blue true dream of sky’
Hello my friends! I hope you are well. This morning when I woke up the sun was so bright through … More
