Tag Archives: Poetry

Poetry and cities, in March

Posted on March 18, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

In these increasingly difficult times, sometimes poetry can bring us hope, or inspire us, or  express how we are feeling. We can go looking for it, but occasionally it just comes looking for us. Bristol – on the side of the … Continue reading →

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Five (good) things on Friday

Posted on March 3, 2018 by deborah @ the magic jug

OK I know it’s Saturday now not Friday, but I have a fix for that: Six on Saturday.  Which as it happens works perfectly, because I couldn’t post this week without mentioning no.6. Practicing optimism: two people I care a … Continue reading →

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Whatever next? – May 2017 update

Posted on May 27, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

It seems that much of what I’ve written this month is about the choices we make.  LISTEN So much listening to do this month, what with local (mayoral) elections and the General Election next month.  Not to mention the French … Continue reading →

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The morning after the night before

Posted on June 24, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory … Continue reading →

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The poetry party revisited: Kin, by Deborah Harvey

Posted on June 14, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

The previous day I had managed to find and organise a date for us cousins to have our annual gathering – not until the autumn, but better late than not. I was sitting finishing off the last knitting on the … Continue reading →

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A Poison Tree, by William Blake

Posted on October 27, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Such a seemingly simple poem, but one with such a powerful message.  I remember reading it at school, along with all the other poems that make up William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and even then (O levels) … Continue reading →

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Seeing differently: connections

Posted on August 13, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I love those times when you see or become aware of something, and then as if by magic other connected or linked things start appearing too, often thick and fast. I wrote a little while back about Robert Frost, and … Continue reading →

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The follow-up poetry party: May

Posted on June 8, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I thought it would be interesting to record when I have come across poetry without looking for it, now that I seem to have a newly awakened awareness of it.  So this was May: 3 May 2015 – Walt Whitman, … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list: week 5

Posted on May 5, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

So – week 5, just two days left of April and the end of this challenge. Day 1 I can’t resist renewing my acquaintance with two more old friends this week.  Both poems from my early childhood, good memories from … Continue reading →

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The poetry party guest list: week 4

Posted on May 4, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I find it interesting how, when we start to do something like this, it opens our eyes to things we might not otherwise have noticed.  It’s been like that with me and poetry.  Maybe there’s another ‘seeing differently’ post in … Continue reading →

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