Love

“Casualty” by Seamus Heaney

I He would drink by himself And raise a weathered thumb Towards the high shelf, Calling another rum And blackcurrant,…

5 years ago

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings…

9 years ago

‘Le Pont Mirabeau’ by Guillaume Apollinaire

Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Et nos amours Faut-il qu’il m’en souvienne La joie venait toujours après la…

10 years ago

‘The More Loving One’ by W.H. Auden

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But…

11 years ago

‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’ by Anne Stevenson

The spirit is too blunt an instrument to have made this baby. Nothing so unskilful as human passions could have…

11 years ago

‘The Bright Field’ by R. S. Thomas

I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and…

11 years ago

‘Last night’ by Jalalud’din Rumi

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently he whispered, “Be…

11 years ago

‘Le Mistral Gagnant’ by Renaud

A m’asseoir sur un banc cinq minutes avec toi Et regarder les gens tant qu’y en a Te parler du…

11 years ago

‘To a young girl’ by W. B. Yeats

MY dear, my dear, I know More than another What makes your heart beat so; Not even your own mother…

11 years ago

‘The good morrow’ by John Donne

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then? But…

11 years ago