2
Jun
2015
ON POETRY ABOUT GETTING OLDER AND NOT MENTIONING PURPLE
Last year I had a significant birthday celebration in Dorsey’s Oyster Bar on Broadway, New York, with people I love. Reaching three score years and ten has been no mean feat, but I’m really glad to be here, now, with most of my teeth and a roof over my head. People are more precious to... Read More
1
Jun
2015
FASHIONS IN POETRY
Every child in the land knows a poem or two. It might be a simple child’s skipping rhyme, a nursery rhyme, counting game or song, but the chances are that it will rhyme, and if it rhymes it will be remembered. But…horses for courses, as they say, and there are some beautiful, poignant and memorable... Read More