Tag: affection

poetry, poetry appreciation

our small durance

Aug 20, 2024 #affection, #attachment, #bipolar, #bipolarity, #comfort, #depression, #despair, #fear, #Gerard Manly Hopkins, #hope, #insomnia, #intertextuality, #Leontia Flynn, #love, #maternal, #mother, #mum, #No worst there is none, #Scieszka, #The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Lucy Crispin

Oooooh I do like me a nice bit of intertextuality.* When this poem plopped in my inbox I was very glad to meet it. I’d be very interested to see what you make of ‘Gerard Manley Hopkins‘ by Leontia Flynn. For ease of reference, here’s the poem with which Flynn’s poem has such a close relationship.

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poetry appreciation

making the most of it

Apr 15, 2021 #acceptance, #affection, #ageing, #gratitude, #happiness, #kindness, #laughter, #McNair, #tenderness, #warmth, #Wesley McNair by Lucy Crispin

This week’s poem brought a soft smile to my face. It has a delightful quality of warmth and tenderness, and is such a good reminder of making the most of what we have—not in a Brownie-Guide Come on, girls, no moping! style, but in a much more palatable, seeing what is, not just what isn’t sort of a way. Enjoy ‘Happiness‘ by Wesley McNair.

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