Writing

(in memoriam Peter Levi, 1931-2000) Tamar is crackling scarlet faced with lighter rose, complected blend…

(in memoriam Ted Hughes, 1930-1998) One world down and one bound in the tethers of…

(in memoriam Thom Gunn, 1929-2004) The nature of the sin is by the patron’s blessing…

(in memoriam Freda Downie, 1929-1993) In good times the gray-cloaked, feathery word moves like a…

(in memoriam Elizabeth Jennings, 1926-2001) A truth told twice or many times does not undo…

(in memoriam Michael Hamburger, 1924-2007) The wind plays in the bright grass, sending this wave…

(in memoriam Philip Larkin, 1922-1985) Laundry strung above the alleys, cats and plastic flowers in…

(in memoriam Donald Davie, 1922-1995) A small closed space of hunch and stoic tremble, a…

(in memoriam Kingsley Amis, 1922-1995) Six nights the seduction of, two years the disaffection, ten…

(in memoriam D.J. Enright, 1920-2002) The tribute has bogged down in rehearsal, the celebrants rounding…