Archive for 'Poetry'
Poetry on Friday – Robbie Burns
Posted on22. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
On 25th January, Scotland and many Scots around the world will be celebrating the life and works of national Bard, Robert Burns with A Burns’ Night Supper.
Sparkle’s Poetry on Friday spot is a perfect opportunity to share some of his wonderful poems.
The first Burns poem I read was Tam o’Shanter, at school in an English [...]
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Poetry on Friday – Late by Christopher Reid
Posted on15. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
Christopher Reid’s touchingly beautiful tribute to his late wife recently won a Costa Book Award in the ‘Poetry’ category. A Scattering is made up of four sequences and covers the heartbreak of watching his beloved wife die and his life afterwards[...]
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Poetry on Friday – Winter and Snow by Walter de le Mare
Posted on08. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
Unless you’ve been on the Moon or locked in a floatation tank this week, you’ll know that the UK is pretty much all white, icy and cold. I think us Brits are already all a bit mad – but throw some snow into the mix and everyone seems to be in a total tiz. It [...]
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Poetry on Friday – New Beginnings and O Tell Me The Truth About Love
Posted on01. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
As the sun rose over a new day, new year and new decade this Friday I thought it only right to share with you a poem about new beginnings, shaking off the old and being positive about the new. I’ve added O Tell Me The Truth About Love by WH Auden just because it always [...]
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Poetry on Friday…on Saturday!
Posted on19. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
The relationship between music and poetry has always been close so I ´d like to share this song/poem by David Bowie,
Just eight lines of gorgeousness which was included on his classic Hunky Dory album from 1971 [...]
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Poetry on Friday – Christmas poems
Posted on18. Dec, 2009 by Rachael.
I’ve learnt a thing or two about our Sparklers in these past months – some of those things are that we love poetry, we’ve got a wicked sense of humour and, in the words of Jack our Movies Man, we don’t care too much for “Laura Ashley style of poetry”. So…I’ve picked funny and ‘peculiar’ Christmas poems for our Poetry on Friday spot this week. I hope you enjoy them [...]
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Poetry on Friday – Coffee memories
Posted on04. Dec, 2009 by Rachael.
I don’t drink coffee
not now,
not anymore
It’s not that it keeps me from sleep
If you knew me now,
you’d know I never sleep
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Poetry on Friday – Mirrorball by Elbow
Posted on27. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.
Earlier in the week I decided that I would search high and low for a really special poem for this Friday. I scoured my poetry books and you nearly got some John Keats today, almost a little something from Christina Rossetti – Robert Graves was very close to be selected to speak to you from his grave. But even my all-time favourite poems were not quite ‘singing’ to me enough. I really wanted to bring you something SPARKLING [...]
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Poetry on Friday – The Time I’ve Lost in Wooing
Posted on20. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.
The time I’ve lost in wooing,
In watching and pursuing
The light that lies
In woman’s eyes,
Has been my heart’s undoing.
Tho’ Wisdom oft has sought me,[...]
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Poetry on Friday – Warning
Posted on14. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.
Warning by Jenny Joseph
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in [...]
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