If you follow me on Twitter or on Facebook you will already know that during April I have set myself the goal of posting a favourite poem and/or poet each day. Some days of the week I have plenty of time to read poems but on days when I’m working at my day job the poetry…
Category: In Parenthesis
The year in books Part One
I’ve decided to look back over a year of reading rather than producing my list of books of the year and therefore things that you should read too! There are books which I’d recommend but it’s up to you as many of us have more books to read than hours in which to read them.…
Private David Jones, the 15th (1st London Welsh) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
THIS WRITING IS FOR MY FRIENDSIN MIND OF ALL COMMON AND HIDDENMEN …AND TO THE ENEMY FRONT-FIGHTERS WHO SHARED OURPAINS AGAINST WHOM WE FOUNDOURSELVES BY MISADVENTURE As well as reading Wilfred Owen’s poetry over the summer I’ve been engaged with ‘In Parenthesis’ By David Jones for the last year. His monumental work which towers over…