Seeking, for Dannie Abse

Seeking For Dannie Abse, Welsh poet, writer, physician.  1923-2014 Seeking a deeper sensibility Like Dannie Abse’s, I jettison the chaos of memory For the right word And the right resonance, The psychological deep end That refracts A swimmer, Forgetting how to swim, A child, In the boots of age, Wryly recording What looks like a […]

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Zen By Paul John Roach Using thinking to explain non thinking, Using words to explain the wordless, Committed to the struggle Of elucidating the effortless, Why is it the purest joy And the uttermost horror Are part and parcel Of what the Universe allows. Tenderest care And classic indifference Coexist In the turning of a […]

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