Anecdotal Evidence

Tucked into a brief section at the back of The Poems of Edmund Blunden (Cobden-Sanderson, 1930) titled “Occasional Pieces” is “Under a Thou...

An old friend tells me he’s reading Sir Thomas Browne for the first time – Religio Medici (1643) – and having a wonderful time. If you like...

One of my favorite contemporary poets is Deborah Warren, who lives in Massachusetts. She’s smart, technically adroit, has a musical ear and ...

Some years ago I was diagnosed with a condition called MGUS (pronounced EM -gus) -- monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. It’...

“It happened to me last year to lose my home with all contents in a night of that phenomenon that we oddly called blitz , though why we shou...

“I have a dreamy way of withdrawing into myself, and, besides, a dull and childish ignorance of many common things.”   Among the most rewa...

How often have you encountered a poem or other piece of writing that not only provoked astonishment on first reading but continues to do so ...