Poetry and the phrase “all human life is here” are natural bedfellows but this case, where a mentor poet resorts to extreme measures in order to get paid, is particularly bizarre. Read more in the International Herald Tribune.
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From The Spectator Series – Discovering Poetry: Milton’s Blindness
The Spectator analyses John Milton’s poetry about his rapidly failing sight.
Sonnet XIX
When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”
I fondly ask; But patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies “God doth not need
Either man’s work or his own gifts. Who best
Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”
Some Thoughts About Poetry and Comics From The Rialto
I hold my hands up, I’m something of a comics/graphic novels geek. I also love poetry so to see those two things being aligned to great effect by Chrissy Williams in The Rialto warms the cockles of my heart. Never mind the fact that we are both girls and not supposed to be swayed by such geekery!
Actually, isn’t being a poet a bit geeky anyway?
Vampire Magnetic Poetry
Poetry doesn’t have to be all brow wrinkling and angst. And here at Tears in the Fence towers, we are partial to those magnetic poetry kits you can stick on the fridge. So every time we reach for the milk to make a cuppa, we get to compose a tiny fragment of poetry too by shifting around the magnets. It’s an accumulative sort of thing and great fun. We’re also partial to a bit of the gothic round these parts (and who isn’t?) so when we heard about vampire magnet poetry, it gave us an almighty tickle!
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