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On going about your own life when a loved one is suffering: W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”
poetry | grief

On going about your own life when a loved one is suffering: W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”

February 10, 2016March 7, 2023
poetry | grief | loss

Nick Cave’s chosen “sad poem of loss”: “The Widower in the Country” by Les Murray

July 16, 2015September 5, 2022
Allen Ginsberg on never working again (and living a “literary and quiet city-hermit existence” instead)
poetry | relaxation

Allen Ginsberg on never working again (and living a “literary and quiet city-hermit existence” instead)

June 19, 2015October 29, 2022
‘Feast on your life’: Tom Hiddleston on Derek Walcott’s “Love After Love” for accepting ourselves
poetry | accepting ourselves | confidence | mindfulness | self-esteem

‘Feast on your life’: Tom Hiddleston on Derek Walcott’s “Love After Love” for accepting ourselves

April 19, 2015March 7, 2023
anxiety | meditation | mindfulness | poetry | war | War and Peace

Reading W.B. Yeats’s “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” as a Meditation on Life

October 1, 2014January 3, 2020
Poetry for Letting Go: In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver
poetry | grief | loss

Poetry for Letting Go: In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver

August 21, 2014December 16, 2022
“Let My Country Awake” by Rabindranath Tagore to Inspire Individual and Social Change
poetry | inspiring

“Let My Country Awake” by Rabindranath Tagore to Inspire Individual and Social Change

June 19, 2014September 8, 2022
Keeping Poets Alive: Why You Should Know About Jack Clemo
poetry

Keeping Poets Alive: Why You Should Know About Jack Clemo

June 4, 2014October 29, 2022
Life as a Journey – Ithaca by Constantine P. Cavafy
poetry

Life as a Journey – Ithaca by Constantine P. Cavafy

November 21, 2012October 27, 2021
The Poem M Reads in Skyfall: A Quote From Tennyson’s Ulysses
poetry | book to screen

The Poem M Reads in Skyfall: A Quote From Tennyson’s Ulysses

October 28, 2012November 23, 2022
Che’s Poetry: I Don’t Know Why You Think by Nicolás Guillén
poetry

Che’s Poetry: I Don’t Know Why You Think by Nicolás Guillén

August 23, 2012September 13, 2022
“Brief Thoughts on Maps” by Miroslav Holub: a poem about finding our bearings
poetry

“Brief Thoughts on Maps” by Miroslav Holub: a poem about finding our bearings

August 22, 2012October 29, 2022
Che Guevara’s “Cuaderno Verde” (Green Notebook) including poets such as León Felipe
poetry

Che Guevara’s “Cuaderno Verde” (Green Notebook) including poets such as León Felipe

July 8, 2012November 11, 2022
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