Day 631 of the daily poems.  Our poet Jane Monach acclaims a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, in a poem that seemsclose to a synaesthetic perception of this exquisite music. Ensemble          after a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet at Music in the Round, Sheffield A clarinet’s clear voice weaves        … Continue reading

Today our poet Derek Adams celebrates the life, and laments the death, of Ian Dury (1942-2000), singer, songwriter and punk rocker.  Dury wrote, with Rod Melvin, the song ‘What a waste’ which was released as a single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1978.  It’s Day 630 of the daily poems, still with the… Continue reading

Day 629 of the daily poems, continuing the Music theme: your Editor recalls a brief meeting between wife and a colleague one bright summery morning … Musical ability My dear Doreen, he says,accentuating the second syllable,tall in his houndstooth jacket,tattersall check shirt,brown silk foulard,and cavalry twill trousers,not forgetting the highly polished tan broguesand the small… Continue reading

Day 628 of the daily poems: our poet Lynn White quietly anticipates a tune … Play me a tune  Sit quietly nowyou can play laterand don’t be sad,it’s a bit of a muddlebut, believe me,you are made of musicfull of itand soonall the notes will be freefrom the jumbleand re-aligned neatlyready to be arranged.Just think about… Continue reading

Day 627 of the daily poems.   Our translator poet Timothy Adès brings us a short and poignant verse from the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin Sing them no more, my beauty by Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837)translation by Timothy Adès  Sing them no more, my beauty, Sad Georgian songs, no more, Reminding me of another Life, and a distant shore.     … Continue reading