I have missed this. Two weeks away and it’s fabulous to be back. You have all been so brilliant getting in touch about previous episodes, and ideas for future ones - so onwards we go.
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Onto the quintet of poems that I’ve chosen this week. I love how they become the backdrop to my week. I hope you enjoy them - let me know if you do:
To Daffodils, Robert Herrick, available on The Reader and in many other places.
A Man’s Cold, Caroline Eames, which isn’t available on line - sorry! It is contained within a lovely collection I found in a charity shop called, The Hospice Book of Poetry Vol. 2, produced by St Helena Hospice, I think quite some time ago.
Swim, Laurie Bolger, from her collection Makeover which you can buy from the Emma Press.
My Parents as the Planets, Sophie Argyris, from Craft of Care - find out more on the Black Pear Press website.
The Tree and the Pool, Brian Patten, which I read from Space and you can find in various places like here.
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More next week. Enjoy the bulbs, and International Women’s Day, and the longer days.
