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Why Poetry Matters to Me
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! . . . I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words. My heart was dilated by its eloquent sense. I prayed God to make thee...
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Poetry – the last thing on our minds
Over the years of trying to read it and create it I have come to have a feeling for what poetry is for me. This is not a theory about poetry. There can be no true theory about poetry whose essence...
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The Business of Bees
It has been sad to see the number of bees dwindling over recent years with no widely accepted explanation that would provide a clear remedy. Honeybees have not only become essential to our food chain...
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Unless Soul Clap its Hands and Sing
[S]election is what the egrets teach on the wide open lawn, heads nodding as they read in purposeful silence, a language beyond speech. (White Egrets: page 10) For those with little enthusiasm for...
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The Redress of Poetry
A Bridge between Worlds When the artist develops confidence in a set of symbols as a bridge between the world of matter and the world of spirit, innovation in the way the elements . . . . are used...
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Memory (2/2): part smoke and mirrors job
The shortcomings of my memory described in the last post were bad enough, but what is even more disconcerting about it is that, even when I am exerting myself to the utmost, the full truth of my own...
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Secularism (1/3): What is it?
The greater the decline of religion, the more grievous the waywardness of the ungodly. This cannot but lead in the end to chaos and confusion. (Bahá’u’lláh: Tablets – page 64) Onely a sweet and...
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Memory (2/2): part smoke and mirrors job
At the head of part one if this sequence of posts, I explained how two things have conspired to cause me to resurrect a short sequence of posts from over two years ago. One concerns memory and is...
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Memory (2/2): part smoke and mirrors job
For source of image see link After posting the piece on tree felling last week, I thought it would be useful to follow up with this from several years ago, but recently reposted. My reactions to the...
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Poetry – the last thing on our minds
In 2010 I published this post which attempted to define the appeal of poetry for me. It probably reflects my deepest feelings on the subject more accurately than the rants republished earlier this week...
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Book Review: ‘Music at Midnight’
When I attended my last trustees’ meeting of a national charity after some years of service, my dearly loved colleagues made me the gift of a book token. ‘What made them think of that?’ you may well...
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Secularism (1/3): What is it?
The greater the decline of religion, the more grievous the waywardness of the ungodly. This cannot but lead in the end to chaos and confusion. (Bahá’u’lláh: Tablets – page 64) Onely a sweet and...
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Memory (2/2): part smoke and mirrors job
This short sequence sheds some light on the Parliament of Selves sequence. The shortcomings of my memory described in the last post were bad enough, but what is even more disconcerting about it is...
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Poetry – the last thing on our minds
In 2010 I published this post which attempted to define the appeal of poetry for me. I republished it again in early 2015. As it probably reflects my deepest feelings on the subject it seemed only...
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Unless Soul Clap its Hands and Sing
[S]election is what the egrets teach on the wide open lawn, heads nodding as they read in purposeful silence, a language beyond speech. (White Egrets: page 10) The other recurrent theme on my blog...
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Why Poetry Matters to Me
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! . . . I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words. My heart was dilated by its eloquent sense. I prayed God to make thee...
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Book Review (1/2): ‘The Forty Rules of Love’
A Mumbai pavement The drive up the section of the Western Ghats from Mumbai towards Panchgani was much less scary than the last time we came. Instead of the single track, with two way traffic winding...
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Discovering Traherne
Part of one of the four Traherne Windows in Audley Chapel, Hereford Cathedral, created by stained-glass artist Tom Denny. (For source of image see link) . . . . reflect upon the perfection of man’s...
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Memory (2/2): part smoke and mirrors job
I’m republishing this short sequence both because it relates to the recent explorations around my Leaps of Faith sequence as well as, in the second part, gives more detail about the hospitalisations I...
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Why Poetry Matters to Me
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! . . . I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words. My heart was dilated by its eloquent sense. I prayed God to make thee...
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