Category Archive: poetry

My interview with poet Angela Readman

Well everyone I have finally done it- my first interview with a writer! As featured on the Guardian’s Tees Valley Noticeboard at  http://teesvalley.n0tice.com There is a link to Angela’s winning poem at the bottom… Continue reading

Was the greatest poet of the 20th century murdered?

It made me feel quite sad reading about this, as Pablo Neruda is one of, if not my number one favourite poet. Having been celebrated as ‘the greatest poet of the 20th century’,… Continue reading

Bride Song by Christina Rossetti

Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late! You loitered on the road too long, You trifled at the gate The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a… Continue reading

In a Station of the Metro, by Ezra Pound

One month on and I’m still stuck on Ezra Pound. Actually love his poems at the moment. In the Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on… Continue reading

The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter, by Ezra Pound

While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead I played about the front gate, pulling flowers. You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse, You walked about my seat, playing with… Continue reading