A poem line-by-line explainedThe poem is a first person account of the heartache and sadness felt by a speaker who appears to be not Millay herself, but the persona of an older woman. She can no longer remember the lovers of her past. What lips my lips have kissed, and where,... See More » (+1)
Here, a poem by Wisława SzymborskaI don’t know about elsewhere But here on Earth we’ve got a vast supply of everything. Here, manufactured are chairs And sadness, Scissors, violins, Tenderness, transistors, Water dams, jokes, Teacups. Perhaps somewhere else, there is more of... See More »
Nothing Gold Can Stay (1923)Robert Frost argued with his poem that the most precious, "golden" moments in life cannot last, echoing the biblical fall from Eden. This is written in the famous Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) which ended with the stock market crash in 1929, leading... See More »
I'm saddenedFor one, the hare population in my country is falling dramatically. This king of the countryside is dying out and at this current rate both will be dead in only another quarter of century of this senselessness. How guilty will people feel then? None... See More » (1)
The Ronsard Yeats love poemis a reference to W.B. Yeats's poem 'When You Are Old' (1893), which is inspired by (and is indeed a rather loose adaptation) of Pierre de Ronsard's famous sonnet 'Quand vous serez bien vieille' (When You Are Very Old). Both poems use a similar... See More » (+1)
Still more lesser know artthat I love... by contemporary artists about Iona; painting by Pam Carter and poem by Angela Topping
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