On This Day – John Masefield – Poet Laureate, died in 1967.
John Masefield gave a reading of his poems in the Great Hall of Sydney University on 21 November 1934 and again the following day in the...
The Bard ii.
'This precious stone set in a silver sea, . . . . . . This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.' Richard II Act I, Scene 1...
On This Day - On Burning Poems
On this day in 1836 having sent copies to Robert Bridges fearing his pride in his own poetry, Gerard Manly Hopkins burned his poems upon...
The Bard i.
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Sonnet 18 ©Jeff Guess 2017
Iambic Images 4
Crepe Myrtle - Autumn ©Jeff Guess 2017
Ruined Cottages
Cottage - Macedon after the painting by Frederick McCUBBIN (undated) This was the pile of stones you used to see but rarely now. A...
Iambic Images 3
©Jeff Guess 2017
Bonsai Tree in a Classroom
Bonsai Tree in a Classroom See how it moves from shallow terracotta- out beyond this air-conditioned afternoon. Imagine for a moment,...
Something Worth Reading - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Guardian newspaper has called Sarah Perry’s second novel, The Essex Serpent ‘a compulsive novel of ideas’. But for me, it was much...
Picking Olives
Picking Olives Angle Vale A sky hot April morning hens scratch from stifling sheds behind the rust and wire of their yard earth is burred...
