Fall, Leaves, Fall Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. I shall smile when wreaths […]
Longing by Paul Laurence Dunbar
“If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day,”
Summer Magic
Image by Rosie Hopkins, ‘Summer’ poem by Leslie Pinckney Hill . “Her nights were dreams of jeweled skies,/Her days were bowers rife with song,”
Poetry Corner: Brodgar by John Mingay
Fresh from a bucket-list trip to Brodgar, this poem, by internationally respected poet, John Mingay, evokes the connections between Brodgar, Brodgar Ness and Stenness, as well as between ancient communities and the mysteries of the skies above.
‘The Grass Is Like Me’: #Pakistan poet Kishwar Naheed
14th of August is Pakistan’s independence day. This is a poem by Kishwar Naheed one of the best known feminist poets of Pakistan.
Fishing Boat, Stromness by Mirran Hall
“Men and engines grunting and hauling,/The nets dripping, the folds falling;” Naomi Mitchison
The Fly
“How large unto the tiny fly/Must little things appear!-“
‘The Voyage’ #MarineWeek
“That sea was greater than we knew”
‘The Garden’
“To weave the garlands of repose” Image by Rosie Hopkins
‘The spirit-world around this world of sense’
‘A vital breath of more ethereal air.’ – Longfellow. Images by Mirran Hall