Michael Allyn Wells

  Under normal conditions the outcome of the Presidential election might well have been one to favor the arts.  There were signs that Oba...

"The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be." - John Ashbery Have you ever stopped for a moment to ask yourself w...

So often I’ve heard in the course of conversation, others questioning the relevancy of poetry in contemporary times. Without enlisting hours...

After a very intense day at work I came home, had dinner, watched a bit of TV and had a glass of wine and now have sit down to collect my th...

Life before my father’s murder - Times Online : "Life before my father’s murder Any hope of life to come is removed; this place is born...

Frieda Hughes commentary on The Flea by John Donne from the Times Online

A New York Times article [ Poetry Prize Sets Off Resignations at Society ] details a controversy that has grown within the Poetry Society o...

I read with amazement this article about the retirement of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. After all this time he blames the GOP losses...

Shock waves - Times Online : "July 30, 2007 Shock waves -Frieda Hughes: poetry The Diameter of the Bomb (by Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000),...