poetry

March 21, 2019

Meticulous and reticent lives 2.0

Good poetry stays in the mind. It takes root, develops and insists on keeping company with the reader.
February 28, 2019

Difficult witness from the ground of silence

We are experiencing a time of confusion and rage. Noisy conjecture paces in vain circles, displaying its caged fury wherever we turn.
September 3, 2018

Church policy group appoints poet-in-residence

The Rev Lucy Berry, a performance poet and United Reformed Church minister, has been named as the first poet-in-residence for the Joint Public Issues Team.
March 16, 2018

A fanfare for the uncommon (wo)man

The man on the Clapham omnibus, the m
January 13, 2018

Remembering Sivanandan: social justice activist and thinker

Ambalavaner Sivanandan, an activist, thinker and novelist, died on 3 January 2018, aged 94.
November 18, 2016

Remembering well: poetry, pity and truth

The 2016 season of remembrance is over. But the challenge of how to remember well never leaves us.
June 14, 2016

Poetry, silence and the common ground

Last week, a social media conversation with a Catholic and and Anglican on the subject of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poetry concluded with the Anglican (who
June 11, 2016

Manchester Cathedral poetry competition 2016

Entries are invited for the Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition 2016.
October 4, 2015

George Fox, Jeremy Corbyn and the value of waiting.

“'Up wi' thee, George', says God. And being up,
He saw the Lancashire sea, and God's people,
Waiting to be found.”
June 9, 2015

Logic, poetry and the myth of disenchantment

Issues surrounding the “disenchantment” of language in modern times are complex, writes Melanie Barbato from Ludwig Maximilians University. Shifts in how language is supposed to be used can tell a lot about power relations. But like other judgements that are called aesthetic, political, religious or rational, they are mingled with the myths we have come to hold true.