Robert Estep

(in memoriam William Empson, 1906-1984) It takes a team of five for each. Of whom…

(in memoriam John Betjeman, 1906-1984) Go down to Brighton, darling, with your sister or a…

(in memoriam Geoffrey Grigson, 1905-1985) The koala hugs its tree and is a patriot. The…

(in memoriam Harold Acton, 1904-1994) Aesthete and salamander, double-scorched. Anna Comnena’s lucid eye restored to…

(in memoriam Stevie Smith, 1902-1971) Little is a hard word to begin with. Like Jones,…

(in memoriam Roy Campbell, 1901-1957) Wide-as-duck-waddles and slow as fool who pansies and dawdles by…

(in memoriam Basil Bunting, 1900-1985) The old legs grown thin, stanced still for a goat-like…

(in memoriam Nancy Cunard, 1896-1965) Twenty years on, and gone, down under snow and sand.…

(in memoriam David Jones, 1895-1974) Hovering Jesus, from this wood of bitter dust, dismiss us…

(in memoriam Herbert Read, 1893-1968) Radical words, radical lines, sounds that cringe or howl. Applaud…