Tag: decency

poetry appreciation

spending time with Ted Kooser

May 13, 2021 #blind, #blindness, #courage, #decency, #determination, #inspiration, #Kent, #Kooser, #Nigel Kent, #senses, #Ted Kooser, #wisdom by Lucy Crispin

Nigel writes: I don’t know if you’re the same but I have on my shelves a small collection of poetry books which I constantly revisit. Like old friends I can rely on them to lift the spirits when they’re low, distract me for a pleasant hour or two, and offer me words of wisdom and inspiration when I need them.

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poetry appreciation

triumph and honour

Jul 23, 2020 #decency, #despair, #honour, #If, #Kipling, #politics, #process, #product, #shame, #shamelessness, #solidarity, #The Second Coming, #To A Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing, #triumph, #trust, #WB Yeats, #Yeats by Lucy Crispin

I was wondering why ‘To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing‘ swam to the surface this week. Then I sat down and thought about it and wondered no longer. A poem about shamelessness? about the difficulty of honour in a time when Might is Right? Hmm, not so difficult to fathom, perhaps, after all.

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