Something for everyone – films about bees
Long sunny afternoons on the allotment are already this year’s memories. Winter is coming, and…
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John Keats and ‘negative capability’ then and now
I revisited Keats after reading this blog post a fix of autumn, the darkness coming…
Auctioning Sylvia
In July, Sotheby auctioned possessions belonging to Syliva Plath and a pack of tarot cards…
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should have tanged the swarm…
Last year I had a colony swarm within a few weeks of it arriving on…
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The sex life of flowers
The weather this April and May has been dire, both for bees and the early…
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out of the strong came forth sweetness
Lyle’s Golden Syrup brings all my life interests together. It’s not about the sweet sticky…
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Rejection blues
For some time I’ve been suggesting to fellow poets we need to create a rejection…
Tarot archetypes as poetry prompts
Last month I posted some thoughts about archetypes and poetry. These touched on the role…
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On Archetypes and Poetry
Sometimes I think an archetype is another word for poem. Successful poems have resonance. The…
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Poems and other writings about bees
I began keeping bees last year and several people have asked if I’m writing poems…