Ever had one of those days? I did today. My intention was to pop over to Waitrose in the morning and then at 2pm my darling wife and I were off for the treat of the day (NOT), a trip to the surgery for our belated flu jabs. After that exciting day out I intendedContinue reading “How can a simple door end up ruining a potentially good day?”
Author Archives: Robin
Wedding-ring
by Denise Levertov My wedding-ring lies in a basketas if at the bottom of a well.Nothing will come to fish it back upand back on my finger again.It liesamong keys to abandoned houses,nails waiting to be needed and hammeredinto some wall,telephone numbers with no namesattached,idle paperclips.It can’t be given awayfor fear of bringing ill-luck.It can’tContinue reading “Wedding-ring”
Airly Beacon
by Charles Kingsley Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the pleasant sight to seeShires and towns from Airly BeaconWhile my love climbed up to me!Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the happy hours we layDeep in fern on Airly Beacon,Courting through the summer’s day!Airly Beacon, Airly Beacon;Oh, the weary haunt for me,All alone on Airly Beacon;With his baby onContinue reading “Airly Beacon”
The sun has burst the sky
by Jenny Joseph The sun has burst the skyBecause I love youAnd the river its banks.The sea laps the great rocksBecause I love youAnd takes no heed of the moon dragging it awayAnd saying coldly ‘Constancy is not for you.’The blackbird fills the airBecause I love youWith springs on lawns and shadows falling on lawns.TheContinue reading “The sun has burst the sky”
The Bagel
by David Ignatow I stopped to pick up the bagelrolling away in the wind,annoyed with myselffor having dropped itas if it were a portent.Faster and faster it rolled,with me running after itbent low, gritting my teeth,and I found myself doubled overand rolling down the streethead over heels, one complete somersaultafter another like a bageland strangelyContinue reading “The Bagel”
TV drama brings major injustice centre stage – time for action
In recent years there have been so many good drama series across an ever-increasing number of channels that gradually they meld into each other and at the start of a second week you have to think which plotline belongs to which series. Was Detective Inspector Thorogood trying to outwit the murderous acrobat or was theContinue reading “TV drama brings major injustice centre stage – time for action”
Spring
by Gerard Manley Hopkins Nothing is so beautiful as spring -When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrushThrough the echoing timber does rinse and wringThe ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;The glossy peartree leaves and blooms, they brushThe descending blue, that blue isContinue reading “Spring”
Hopalong rides again
Hopalong, one of our foxes, has been a worry for some time As I have mentioned, I first noticed his state at the beginning of November. He had always been a timid fox, peeping out from the undergrowth and checking if it was safe before emerging fully toi feed. It was November, however, that IContinue reading “Hopalong rides again”
Old Botany Bay
by Dame Mary Gilmore I am he, who paved the way,that you might walkat your ease today;I was the conscriptsent to hellto make in the desertthe living well;I bore the heat,I blazed the track -furrowed and bloodyupon my back.I split the rock;I felled the tree:The nation was -Because of me!Old Botany BayTaking the sunfrom dayContinue reading “Old Botany Bay”
Up the River Side
by Frank Foy A sabbath hush pervades the summer day,As seated here beside the shining sands,I gaze on once again the arid lands,That weed-besprinkled westward stretch away;The waves that wash the beach about me laySmooth mirrors in their track, and vast expandsThe stream’s majestic breast, to where upstandsFair Venice in her groves beside her bay.AndContinue reading “Up the River Side”
Robin's Nest 