Paraic Finnerty’s Lockdown Poetry selection is Emily Dickinson’s ‘”Hope” is the thing with feathers.’
Archive | Lockdown Poetry
Lockdown Poetry: Langston Hughes
Elodie Rousselot’s ‘Lockdown Poetry’ selection is ‘Harlem’ by Langston Hughes.
Lockdown Reading: Tove Jansson
Diane Warren’s lockdown reading choice is a short story by Tove Jansson.
Lockdown Poetry: Charlotte Brontё
Jessica Dyson’s Lockdown Poetry selection is Charlotte Brontё’s ‘Parting.’
Lockdown Poetry: Thomas Hardy
Christopher Pittard’s Lockdown Poetry selection is Thomas Hardy’s ‘In Vision I Roamed.’
Thomas Fairfax, ‘Psalm 42’ (1650s): From Politics to Poetry
What does Thomas Fairfax’s translation of Psalm 42 have to do with the COVID-19 lockdown? Rosie Paice has some answers.
Lockdown Poetry: Joy Harjo
Ben Davies’ selection for our Lockdown Poetry series is Joy Harjo’s ‘Washing My Mother’s Body’
Lockdown Poetry: Paul Henry
Bronwen Price introduces the work of the Welsh poet, Paul Henry.
Lockdown Poetry: Edward Thomas
Maggie Bowers reflects on Edward Thomas’ 1917 poem ‘The Mill-Pond.’