02 April 2020

The World Is Too Much With Us, A Beautiful Poem By Wordsworth

The World Is Too Much With Us, A Beautiful Poem By Wordsworth From Around 1802

26 October 2011

Roman Wall Blues

Off to visit my parents this weekend for my Dad's 75th birthday.  We live almost on top of the Roman wall outside of Corbridge.  I thought this poem that reminds you of what it must be like being a soldier away from home, whether Romans or Syrian arc...

24 August 2011

Another Poem By Yeats - The Second Coming

Another poem by Yeats, The Second Coming, was written in 1919 after the First World War and is a slightly depressing poem.  While about war - whether the First World War or the earlier Prussian War - it hints at the destructive power of humanity whet...

21 May 2011

Poem - He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

05 November 2009

Autumn Poems

Perhaps Autumn is a time for poetry.  So here are a few poems that conjur up the period for me.