Thanks to everyone who has been asking how we're doing in the aftermath of Saturday's earthquake. We're both fine so far, although the aftershocks are scaring the bejesus out of us on a regular basis. But the house is ok, we're both uninjured, and there's been no real damage to anything. The chimney has cracks …
Tuesday Poem – “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font: The firefly wakens: waken thou with me. Now droops the milkwhite peacock like a ghost, And like a ghost she glimmers on to me. Now lies the Earth all Danae …
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WA Spring Poetry Festival 2010
Sorry things here at A Dark Feathered Art have been so quietly lately. Life has become somewhat complicated, not least of all because on Saturday afternoon I'm heading across the Tasman to attend the 2010 WA Spring Poetry Festival and Australian National Poetry Week. It's my first festival as a guest artist – I'm the …
Gifts for your Favourite Bibliophile
Couldn't resist this – I've just been sent a link to a website for The Literary Gift Company, and they have all kinds of cool book-related things. My personal favourites: the George Herbert book handbag, the A Brief History of Time clock, the Go Away I'm Writing coffee mug (doesn't everyone need one of those?), and …
Tuesday Poem – “Perfect Grief”, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air Beat upward to God's throne in loud access Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness In souls as countries lieth silent-bare Under the blanching, vertical eye-glare Of the absolute Heavens. Deep-hearted man, express Grief for thy …
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