More in Heaven and Earth

England, my England, its land and people, Luxurious greens, thick with life, under grey summer skies,  The rolling earth, ancient and strong...

By Rudyard Kipling Read by Charles Dance at the 70th Anniversary 'Victory Over Japan' Day Com...

The latest in my occasional series of Great Poems I love, and in honour of Easter, albeit a bit late, this is The Dream of the Rood . It'...

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, H...

'A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sh...

A Poem. To be read fast.  (to the tune of Modern Major-General if you prefer) There was a merry passenger a messenger, an errander; ...

No monument stands over Babi Yar. A drop sheer as a crude gravestone. I am afraid. Today I am as old in years as all the Jewish people. ...