David Morley
@profdavidmorley
Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
A Warwickshire lane in midwinter after the storm stripped the oaks' final leaves.
Let the mind take its photograph Of the bright scene, something to wear Against the heart in the long cold. from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas
Happy World Bird Migration Day RINGING SWALLOWS Swallows clip the lake for a sip of water, or kerfuffle their feathers as they dip for a bathe. They stipple ellipses across the surface like a skimming stone. None skitter the water except by glitch or error nor overwinter under its ice-barred door.
Wrapping up BBC Radio 4's The Verb with Sinead Morrissey and Ian McMillan. We stole a 5Live Studio. Happy National Poetry Day.
Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson. Happy National Poetry Day!
Then it's the kumquat fruit expresses best how days have darkness round them like a rind, life has a skin of death that keeps its zest. 'A Kumquat for John Keats' Tony Harrison R.I.P.
It is a privilege to see Passion acknowledged by @johnclegg37.bsky.social in the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk this week. His choice of ‘The Shyness of the Crown’ as poem of the year (so far!) is genuinely appreciated. Thank you, John and @lrb.co.uk! www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/jo...
I.M. Michael Longley All the wild flowers of the Burren to you: thyme, valerian, loosestrife, Meadowsweet, tway blade, crowfoot, ling, angelica, Herb robert, marjoram, cow parsley, sundew, vetch, Mountain avens, wood sage, ragged robin, stitchwort, Yarrow, lady’s bedstraw, bindweed, bog pimpernel.
My pantoum in homage to ‘A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day’ (13 Dec.) by John Donne 'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's…