Tag Archives: poet

At a Dinner Party by Amy Levy

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Russell Boyle

With fruit and flowers the board is deckt, The wine and laughter flow; I’ll not complain — could one expect So dull a world to know? You look across the fruit and flowers, My glance your glances find. — It … Continue reading →

Posted in Levy Amy | Tagged At a Dinner Party by Amy Levy, literature, love, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, With fruit and flowers the board is deckt, writing | Leave a comment

wysiwyg by Russell Boyle

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Russell Boyle

what you see may be what you get… listen to this short three-stanza audio poem

Posted in Boyle Russell | Tagged Footprints, literature, poem, poet, poetry, Volume 2, what you see may be what you get, writing, wysiwyg by Russell Boyle | 1 Comment

In Innocence by J. V. Cunningham

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Russell Boyle

In innocence I said, ‘Affection is secure. It is not forced or led.’ No longer sure Of the least certainty I have erased the mind, As mendicants who see Mimic the blind. James Vincent Cunningham 1911-1985

Posted in Cunningham James Vincent | Tagged In Innocence by J. V. Cunningham, In innocence I said, literature, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, writing | Leave a comment

Things to Come by James Reeves

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Russell Boyle

The shadow of a fat man in the moonlight Precedes me on the road down which I go; And should I turn and run, he would pursue me: This is the man whom I must get to know. James Reeves … Continue reading →

Posted in Reeves James | Tagged literature, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, The shadow of a fat man in the moonlight, Things to Come by James Reeves, writing | Leave a comment

Do I Believe by Noel Coward

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Russell Boyle

Do I believe in God? Well yes, I suppose, in a sort of way. It’s really terribly hard to say. I’m sure there must be, of course Some kind of vital, motive force, Some power that holds the winning cards … Continue reading →

Posted in Coward Noel | Tagged Do I Believe by Noel Coward, Do I believe in God?, literature, playwright, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, writing | Leave a comment

Sonnet to Hope by Helen Maria Williams

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Russell Boyle

Oh, ever skilled to wear the form we love! To bid the shapes of fear and grief depart, Come, gentle Hope! with one gay smile remove The lasting sadness of an aching heart. Thy voice, benign enchantress! let me hear; … Continue reading →

Posted in Williams Helen Maria | Tagged ever skilled to wear the form we love, literature, oh, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, sonnet, Sonnet to Hope by Helen Maria Williams, writing | Leave a comment

Gnome by Samuel Beckett

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Russell Boyle

Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning. Samuel Beckett 1906-1989

Posted in Beckett Samuel | Tagged Gnome by Samuel Beckett, literature, poem, poet, poetry, Russell Boyle, Spend the years of learning squandering, writing | Leave a comment