Tag Archives: poetry
Book review: The Brightest Star in the Sky, Marian Keyes
Posted on30. Mar, 2010 by Rachael.
If you read my previous blog about Marian Keyes then you’ll know I like her, I like her a lot. I was foaming at the mouth with excitement when The Brightest Star in the Sky was released.
Having read every one of Keyes’ books I know what I’m in for, tears of both laughter and sorrow. [...]
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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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The Costa Book Awards
Posted on12. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
As a lover of all things ‘Books’ I always like to keep a keen eye on the nominations and winners of The Costa Book Awards, formerly the Whitbread Book Awards. It’s a great opportunity for wonderful books to be showcased and get some well deserved publicity. Over the years I have found some gems that [...]
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Reading resolutions and my ‘Noughties’ negligence
Posted on04. Jan, 2010 by Rachael.
Now it’s that dreaded time of making resolutions, beating yourself up for doing so badly at last year’s lot. You’re promising yourself that you’ll do more of the ‘good’ things and hardly any ‘bad’ things. I don’t know about you, but I always find that New Year’s Resolutions are a bit like a child saying a prayer with one eye open[...]
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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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Poetry on Friday – The Opposite of a Date
Posted on06. Nov, 2009 by Rachael.
Ade Jackson is, amongst many other things, a Liverpool based poet and musician. Follow this link for a fascinating interview: Cult Cargo – WOW festival preview
I love that some familiar sights and places in the city are mentioned, and that I can almost place myself there when reading this poem. I like its brave acceptance in the inevitable, and that it ends on a high note; celebrating the healing balm of good friends and drunken oblivion!
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Poetry on Friday – Love
Posted on22. Oct, 2009 by Rachael.
I thought that I would take the opportunity on a Friday to celebrate the imminent weekend with a little piece of poetry. I’d like to make it a regular weekly thing, and would love to post your favourites too. It can be anything from a Lord Byron classic to something your child has written.
Today [...]
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