Poetry

Poetry

• Poetry
  • Guest Poets
    • Kapka Kassabova
      • The Door
      • Someone Else's Life
      • Ship Advancing in the Fog
      • Lying with the Ghosts of Berlin
      • Love in the Dark Country
      • Hong Kong Transit
      • Glimpses of Ecstasy Over the Pacific
      • Calculations
      • Berlin - Mitte
      • Angel's Lament
      • KK's Website
    • Stephen Edgar
      • The Secret Life of Books
      • The Sail and the Gannet
      • The Kiss
      • The Immortals
      • Incident at Grantley Manor
      • Diversions of a Painter
      • Diversionary Tactics
      • Contents Page
      • Man on the Moon
      • Silk Screen
      • Stephen Edgar's Website
      • Page from The Chimaera
      • Interview
    • Olivia Cole
      • A to Z
      • Bathers at Asnières
      • Between Some Acts
      • Cuba Libre
      • Gossip Column
      • Il Duce's Match
      • Julia
      • Matinee Idol
      • Matins
      • Moon Man
      • Thanksgiving
      • The Writer's Dairy
    • John Stammers
      • House on the Beach
      • Weather Report
      • The Day Flies off Without Me
      • Between a Rock and a Hudson
      • Prairie Rose
      • Nom de Plume
      • Impression
      • Furthermore the Avenue
      • The Other Dozier
      • Breakages
    • Isobel Dixon
      • (I Want) Something to Show for It
      • Christmas Beetles
      • Crossing
      • Gemini
      • Meet My Father
      • Plenty
      • Shaken from her Sleep
      • She Comes Swimming
      • The Skinning
      • Weather Eye
    • Judith Beveridge
      • The River
      • The Dice-Player
      • The Dung Collector
      • To the Islands
      • A South American Tale
      • On an Evening in Late Summer
      • White Peacock
      • Mud Crabs, Low Tide
      • The Caterpillars
      • Catching Webs
    • Peter Goldsworthy
      • Razor
      • Jokes
      • Eye of the Needle
      • The Dark Side of the Head
      • The Operation
      • Credo
      • Australia
      • The Blue Room
      • A Statistician to His Love
      • Morbid Song
    • Alan Jenkins
      • A Reconsideration
      • Chopsticks
      • Cousins
      • Crash
      • Galatea
      • Heritage
      • A Late Lunch
      • The Love of Unknown Women
      • Orpheus
      • Rotisserie (The Wait)
    • Christian Wiman
      • Darkness Starts
      • Clearing
      • Hard Night
      • One Good Eye
      • Outer Banks (I)
        • This poem in French
      • Postolka
      • Reading Herodotus
      • Revenant
      • Scenes From A Childhood
      • The Funeral
    • Les Murray
      • The Cows On Killing Day
      • The Images Alone
      • The International Terminal
      • The Moon Man
      • The Smell of Coal Smoke
      • The Tin Wash Dish
      • The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cycle
      • It Allows A Portrait In Line Scan At Fifteen
      • Church
      • A Levitation of Land
    • Liane Strauss
      • Where We Started
      • Variations on a Theme by Lady Suwō
      • The Little Death
      • "Ceci n'est pas"
      • Leaving Eden
      • "The morning is the hardest"
      • Proof
      • Muse
      • Frankie, Alfredo
      • It’s Never Too Early for a Clean Slate
    • Simon Barraclough
      • Saturn on Seventh
      • Son
      • Pike
      • For Sale
      • Giallo
      • Psycho
      • Fitting
      • Apologia
      • In Bocca al Lupo
      • Nato e Morto
    • Peter Porter
      Poems:
      • Metamorphosis
      • John Marston Advises Anger
      • Who Gets the Pope’s Nose?
      • The Great Poet Comes Here in Winter
      • The Sadness of the Creatures
      • Mort aux chats
      • An Angel in Blythburgh Church
      • An Exequy
      • Doll's House
      • Max Is Missing
      Broadcasts and articles:
      • Porter on BBC Radio 3
      • Porter on Shakespeare
      • Porter on Les Murray
      Clive James on Peter Porter:
      • Settling for Dust (1970)
      • A Man Called Peter Porter (2004)
      Clive James with Peter Porter:
      • Audio dialogues
      • Video dialogue
      More about Peter Porter:
      • British Council
      • Poetry Archive
      • Wikipedia
    • Jamie McKendrick
      • Gainful Employment
      • Sky Nails
      • A Mole of Sorts
      • Six Characters in Search of Something
      • The Needful
      • Beyond
      • Ancient History
      • The Resort
      • Salt
      • Chrome Yellow
    • Daniel Brown
      • On Being Asked by Our Receptionist If I Liked the Flowers
      • As Seen at the Uffizi
      • Dream after Dream
      • At Ease
      • Among the Better Blessings
      • Beshadowed
      • Epitaph for Deconstruction
      • The Way It Is
      • So Large
      • Deliverance
  • Poems by Clive James
    • Recent Poems
      • Against Gregariousness
      • Fashion Statement
      • Whitman and the Moth
      • Monja Blanca
        • "Slate" Review
      • Book Review
      • Vertical Envelopment
      • Nimrod
      • Castle in the Air
      • Culture Clash
      • Language Lessons
      • Pennies for the Shark
      • The Buzz
      • The Later Yeats
      • A Perfect Market
      • Australia Felix
      • Continental Silentia
        • This poem in German
      • The Falcon Growing Old
      • Habitués
      • Same River Twice
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Message from the Moon
      • And Then They Dream of Love
      • Andantino
      • Spectre of the Rose
      • Aldeburgh Dawn
      • Stage Door Rocket Science
      • Beachmaster
      • Nefertiti in the Flak Tower
        • This poem in German
      • Oval Room, Wallace Collection
        • This poem on video
      • Peter Porter Dances to Piazzolla
      • Silent Sky
      • Signing Ceremony
      • Numismatics
      • Special Needs
      • A Spray of Jasmine
      • A Bracelet for Geoffrey Hill
  • Back from the Web
    • My Father Before Me
    • Sunday Morning Walk
    • Woman Resting
    • Bring Me the Sweat of Gabriela Sabatini
    • Oval Room, Wallace Collection
    • Natural Selection
    • Windows is Shutting Down
    • The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered
    • Whitman and the Moth
    • Return of the Lost City
    • Natural Selection
  • Poetry Notebook
    • Listening For the Flavour
    • Five Favourite Poetry Books
    • Velvet Shackles
    • The Arrow Has Not Two Points
    • Meeting MacNeice
    • Little Low Heavens
    • On A Second Reading
    • Poetry Archive Tour
    • The Necessary Minimum
    • A Deeper Consideration
  • Articles on Poetry
  • Lyrics
    • Pete Atkin Website
    • Pete Atkin Biography
    • Programme Note
    • Into the Web
    • Comeback Trail
    • "Cream" Articles
      • Sandy Denny
      • Randy Newman
      • Bob Dylan
      • Robbie Robertson
      • Beatles
      • Van Morrison
    • On writing lyrics ("Guardian")
    • "The Word" - podcast
    • Big Other