First Known When Lost

As I have noted before , when Philip Larkin compiled  The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse (1973), he had a knack for finding ...

We have had our usual share of wind storms this winter.  In the still-leafless woods that I pass through on my walks, fallen upper limbs lie...

In two previous posts , I provided details of a 15th-century painting from the Burgundian Netherlands, promising at the time that I would e...

Over the past few days, the sun has begun to feel like the true warm sun of Spring.  A pink camellia is blooming outside the kitchen window....

In my previous post, I mentioned J. L. Carr in connection with A. E. Housman's cherry trees.  I also mentioned Carr's novel A Month ...

In this fairly temperate part of the world, the cherry trees are in bloom.  This means that, just as Philip Larkin appears each year in May ...

Earlier this week, I noted that two of my favorite Wallace Stevens poems are set in March.  The first of those poems was " Vacancy in t...

The poetry of Stevie Smith (1902-1971) is often a bit twee for me.  However, she does have her moments.  Philip Larkin, whose judgement is u...

I discovered Joan Barton (1908-1986) via Philip Larkin's The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse .  In compiling that  much-m...

Two of my favorite Wallace Stevens poems are set in March.  Stevens is a fine poet of winter (and of snow in particular).  He is equally fi...