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Day 805 – Skilanglaufen (Hopkirk)
A friend sends our poet Colin Hopkirk a photograph which displays the beauty of the high Austrian Alps in winter. Here in Essex today, in February, on Day 805 of the Daily Poems, the skies are leaden. No snow, no skilanglauf. One can but dream … Skilanglaufen Michael Grosse sends me a photograph. High in the Austrian… Continue reading
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Day 804 – The sea (Adès)
It is Day 804 of the Daily Poems, and our translator poet Timothy Adès dips into Paul Verlaine’s Sea. The sea is beautiful. La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales. Absinthe enthusiast Verlaine (1844-1896) was elected France’s “Prince of Poets” by his peers in 1894. The Sea VerlaineTranslated from French by… Continue reading
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Day 803 – These are but dreams (O’Shea)
Day 803 of the Daily Poems, and it is St Valentine’s Day. Our poet Rick O’Shea delivers himself of some heartsick yearnings … These are but dreams if I could only have a footfall fleet as the springing hare, if I could leap tall buildings at a single bound, I’d dare,… Continue reading
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Day 802 – When the Laughing Cavalier met Mona Lisa (Oswick)
Our poet Tony Oswick sends “a little ditty” about one of the most beautiful women ever painted, on Day 802 of the Daily Poems. When the Laughing Cavalier met Mona Lisa “Good morning,” said the Cavalier,“you don’t look very happy.Oh please cheer up and be like me,a very chirpy chappie. But despite you being sombre,I… Continue reading
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Day 801 – On the rocks (Adams)
Today is Day 801 of the Daily Poems. There was a day, a while back, when our poet Derek Adams saw the beauty of sunlight sparkling across the Serpentine … On the rocks Hot sunlight sparkles across the Serpentine,echoing in the bursting bubbles it catch lights in our cokes; … Continue reading