intimacy – lucy crispin, poet

talking or lying…?

Aug 6, 2024 #connection, #courage, #despair, #fear, #honesty, #intimacy, #isolation, #Larkin, #Philip Larkin, #poem, #poetry, #relationship, #Talking in Bed by Lucy Crispin

A friend of mine recently dealt with a potentially tricky situation between us with tremendous grace and courage. Their honesty brought to mind this poem about its opposite—a poem I have long loved with a deep sense of melancholy, fearing that it spoke The Truth. It’s always a great relief when I remember the poem speaks the poet’s truth, with which we all may resonate sometimes, but which need not be The Whole or Only. See what you think about Larkin’s ‘Talking in Bed‘:

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pie, anyone?

Aug 27, 2020 #appreciation, #courage, #creating, #exposure, #Grace Paley, #intimacy, #intimate, #Paley, #pie, #poem, #poetry, #revealing, #writing by Lucy Crispin

And now for something completely different. Make a cup of tea (or whatever you’d usually have with a nice slice of pie) and savour ‘The Poet’s Occasional Alternative‘ by Grace Paley.

poetry appreciation

look… feel that…

Feb 13, 2020 #being human, #God, #intimacy, #Kerry Hardie, #mindful, #mindfulness, #particular, #presence, #relationship, #Sheep Fair Day, #universal by Lucy Crispin

Phew. Someone else writing a poem involving sheep (which I seem to do a surprising amount of the time). Good to know I’m not alone! That’s one reason I picked ‘Sheep Fair Day’ by Kerry Hardie. The other is simply that I loved it: I find it very alive and very moving. Seeking to take God on a journey round her life, Hardie takes us along too. Read this vivid and lovely poem here. (I had a look on Youtube but found only a lot of vlogs about marts, so you’ll have to read it to yourself!)

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Tag: intimacy

talking or lying…?

pie, anyone?

look… feel that…