Tony's poems

An Academic's Journal

Self-explanatory

B Two Poems on Poetry

Two poems on poetry 1. They were there, those words. That's what poets do. Write what they (think they) believe. But a moment passed. The rain blew...

Conversations with Martin

Conversations with Martin 1. I'm interested you believe that the long poem is dead: that Persephone has no future. You claim no time to spend on...

D An Unfinished Praise for Ella

An Unfinished Praise for Ella Something stately is required. Yes, the highflown style, appropriate to trumpets blown across a medieval square; of...