Tag Archives: poetry

Of Mutability – Jo Shapcott

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Ela

(Faber & Faber 2010) This slim volume of around fifty poems, most of them short or very short, won the Costa Book of the Year last year. Thinking that I needed to read a bit more poetry, I picked this … Continue reading →

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Poetry: The Windhover

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Ela

I saw this poem on a Jubilee line train* the other morning, and liked it so much I thought I’d post it. You can find the original on Bartleby, as I did, from a 1918 collection of Hopkins’ poems. I CAUGHT this … Continue reading →

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The Anthologist – Nicholson Baker

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Ela

(ARC, Simon & Schuster 2009) I saw this ARC* at my parents’ and picked it up, having read Jenny’s positive review of the book back in May. The Anthologist is the story of poet Paul Chowder, struggling with the introduction … Continue reading →

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District and Circle – Seamus Heaney

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Ela

(Faber 2006) I don’t read much poetry, though I tend to have an emotional rather than a reasoned reaction to it. I like poetry where the poet has seemed to consider his or her words carefully, hesitated for a long … Continue reading →

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