Poem of the Week
Confessing Lies and Giving the Lie
Confessing our lies to God and exposing the lies of [...]
A Virgin versus Venus
The music of the saints versus the mirror of sin... [...]
Singing to the Crucified Christ
A Good Friday carol, laments for the dead, and a [...]
Ghosts, Death and a Requiem
Hunted by death, haunted by doom, and resting in the [...]
Sins of the Flesh, Ghosts and the Gallows
The flesh is weak, spirits are willing and the hangman [...]
Fairyland and Shipwrecks
Escaping from the evil queen of the fairies and failing [...]
A Rhymer Goes to Elfland
While one poet is cooing his coy mistress and another [...]
Cavalier Poets versus Puritans
Three poets raise a plaintive voice against Cromwell's Puritanitarianism... [...]
The Admirable Saint Teresa
From hell-bent poets making merry to heaven-sent saints and the [...]
Lost Lives and Loves
Unconquerable death, inconstant lovers and other permanent things...
Love and Death
Can love lost lead to madness? Can the love of [...]
A Garland of Flowers
When the poet Robert Herrick offers you a flower, he's [...]