Poems for These Times: 15
Laurie Lee | Twelfth Night
“No night could be darker than this night, no cold so cold,
as the blood snaps like a wire
and the heart’s sap stills…”
Reflections: Wild Cycling
Kathy Tiernan | discovers the delights of wild places during the Covid-19 lockdown
The Idea of the World
Richard Gault | reviews Bernardo Kastrup’s recent book, which aims to re-instate consciousness as the fundamental principle of reality
Reflections: Staying – A Lesson from Lockdown
Andrew Watson | finds guidance in the wisdom of the Desert Fathers (and Mothers) during the Covid-19 pandemic
Reflections: The Transforming Power of Bread
Kawther Luay | contemplates the resurgence of bread-making during the Covid-19 lockdown, and offers two nourishing poems
Poems for These Times: 14
Seamus Heaney | From The Cure at Troy
“… So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that further shore
Is reachable from here…”