The moon becomes the witty image of an isolated and contemptuously neglected elderly relation
The moon becomes the witty image of an isolated and contemptuously neglected elderly relation
Missing You
Did you know the moon was so old
It might have to go into a home?
It keeps edging nearer
A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing
From an almost whimsical beginning, these verses on wishing to overcome mortality grow lyrical and deeply moving
Two sonnets absorb with calm clarity a boy’s anguish at his mother’s loss
The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism
An emblem of medieval pilgrimage gains fresh resonance in a more recent time of plague
A journey through a visionary landscape, exceptionally bright in icy weather, conjures a surreal semi-mythical world
