Monthly Archive for: ‘December, 2017’

What I read on my holiday … and what you might read on yours

A New England Affair by Steven Carroll Just before I left for the airport (back in late September), I closed the pages on this fabulous novel, which probes the long-term relationship that the poet TS Eliot had with Emily Hale. Hale was Tom Eliot’s friend, confidante and muse to his poetry—but their relationship foundered. Emily and Tom

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Six (more) of the best poems in 2017

Here’s a glimpse of some poetry I read and enjoyed in the last six months of 2017. Wine, trust, dark birds, cows and grief ‘curved’; words to dwell on (and in). See Part 1 here. July … ‘What Lies Broken’ by Rachael Mead Time into months, then minutes. / This sunset by winter clouds. /

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