Tag Archives: Creativity

ECHOES OF MEMORY

Posted on November 4, 2018 by David Scanlon

“To speak the truth, I think that people ought to be upset, …; I think that life is so important and, in its workings, so upsetting that nobody should be spared.” J.R. Ackerley to Stephen Spender – 1955 When the … Continue reading →

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLVIII

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

From the highest window in my house With a white scarf I say goodbye To my poetry as it departs to humanity. And I am not happy or sad. This is the destiny of my poetry. I wrote them and … Continue reading →

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MUSE

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Anna Akhmatova

Then, before dusk, waiting for her to come, Life seemed to be hanging in the balance With that honour, that youth, that freedom That her visits dancing tune enhance.

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THERE IS A SPIRIT VERY NEAR TO ME

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Cyril Ogden Wakefield-Harrey

I. There is a spirit very near to mine; A spirit clear and open to the proud Wide influences manifold of cloud And hill and tree and every living sign. For interwoven in the life of things Is she, who … Continue reading →

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THE POET

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Alexander Pushkin

Until the poet is required to be At one in Apollo’s sacred sacrifice He stays within modern worries Remaining quietly preoccupied; His Holy Lyre remains silent; A soul tasting of a dying song, Within our insignificant world Perhaps, he too … Continue reading →

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