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Search Results for: "peter hartley"

On the Meeting of Poets James A. Tweedie, Jeff Eardley, Peter Hartley, and Margaret Coats in the UK: Poems and Other Writings

The Society
June 8, 2024
Culture, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
. In Spring 2024, UK poets Jeff Eardley and Peter Hartley crossed paths with American poets James A. Tweedie and Margaret coats in...

Book Review: Songs of My Life and Death by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 21, 2023
Poetry, Reviews
8 Comments
. . Reviewed Book: Songs of My Life and Death by Peter Hartley, Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, May, 2023 by Susan Jarvis Bryant . Songs of My...

‘No Going Back’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
February 10, 2022
Beauty, Poetry
10 Comments
. No Going Back We feel our lives are slowly closing round Us when the nights grow longer than the days, When winter brings us sadness and...

‘The Demons of the Night’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
January 26, 2022
Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
. The Demons of the Night All since she left me I have lived in fear Of creatures dwelling in the shadows here, And all around and pressing into...

‘The A-bomb Dome in Hiroshima’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
January 12, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. The A-bomb Dome in Hiroshima The epicentre of the blast was here, This dome, its empty ribcage gaunt and bare, It stands mute testimony to the...

‘The Dodo of Mauritius’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 29, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
39 Comments
. The Dodo of Mauritius This island nation scarcely can be proud Of avifauna lacking common sense, Surviving only in the perfect tense, Their right...

‘Panic’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 17, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
31 Comments
. Panic What is this feeling that sometimes afflicts Us with awful intensity and fear? A feeling close to panic, very near To dread, to terror;...

‘Maria Montessori’ and Other Clerihews by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 10, 2021
Clerihew, Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. Maria Montessori Seldom felt hunky-dory. Her vision for education Fell short of inspiring a nation. . King George the Second It has often been...

‘Guilty Thoughts’: Three Poems by Peter Hartley

The Society
November 26, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
37 Comments
. Guilty Thoughts I Through idle thoughts alone if no-one knows, We cannot hurt someone who never will Find out. No victim: none could ever spill The...

On Three Pre-Raphaelite Paintings, by Peter Hartley

The Society
November 12, 2021
Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
52 Comments
. . The Hireling Shepherd painting by William Holman Hunt This comely wench was Emma Watkins, she Who sat for Hunt in eighteen fifty-two. Too...

‘An Incident on the Cornish Cliffs’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 28, 2021
Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
. So many things were churning in his mind When scrambling down the track towards the cove, To take especial care or drop behind Them both, decide...

‘Alfred the Great’ and Other Limericks by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 12, 2021
Culture, Humor, Limerick, Poetry
25 Comments
. Alfred the Great Alfred the Great was a shy king Who found it not much to his liking __Making do with cornflakes __‘Cos he’d burned all the...

Two Poems About Penguins, by Peter Hartley

The Society
September 27, 2021
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
34 Comments
. À La Mode In Antarctica The boffins in Antarctica are well Adapted to the climate on the ice. Among the most exclusive personnel, For stylish kit...

‘Regrets and Repercussions’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
September 13, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
. Regrets and Repercussions Inconsequential are the things we do Sometimes, or things we don’t, we don’t know why. So will we wonder far too late...

Musings on Dali’s ‘Christ of St. John of the Cross,’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
September 7, 2021
Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
18 Comments
. I This crucifixion hides the anguish. Racked With pain, belied by bloodless hands and feet; Intolerable torments, they compete As muscles in that...

Poems on the English Moors, by Peter Hartley

The Society
August 20, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
30 Comments
. Geese on the Moor On Laddow Moss the April air is cold And still. A single pair of wayward geese We find beside a tarn, their nest of fleece And...

‘While Waiting Through the Night’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 25, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
33 Comments
. While Waiting Through the Night This morning, searching on the laptop, I Found notes I made upon the night she died. All through the darkest hours...

Three Poems on Oölogists, by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 13, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
33 Comments
. A Black-Listed Species The avian community is glad He’s dying out, the mad oölogist. With every species on the British list He always wanted...

Review: ‘Light In the Darkness—The Poetry of Peter Hartley’

The Society
July 7, 2021
Clerihew, Essays, Poetry, Reviews
19 Comments
Reviewed Book: Light In the Darkness—The Poetry of Peter Hartley, Dunecrest Press, 2021. by James A. Tweedie Peter Hartley writes poems. Good...

‘The Blackbird’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
June 23, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
. . The Blackbird So what can make this joyous songbird sing That cannot but proclaim its blackbirdhood? In fairest weather and in foul it...

‘Not a Sparrow Falls’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
May 16, 2021
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
21 Comments
. A portent for our loss, this bird, so nigh Its end. The slowly creeping dusk had dared It to emerge, its doughty spirit bared, Eyes bright as...

‘Grauballe Man’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
February 21, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
46 Comments
.. Grauballe Man He lies exposed to view in this glass case Exactly as he lay three hundred years Before our Christ was born, between his ears Torn...

A Poem on Sir Edward John Poynter’s ‘Faithful unto Death,’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
January 7, 2021
Art, Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry
14 Comments
. From Parthenope’s coast each to his post, Beseeching eyes upraised with steady gaze. That night would nature’s cruelty erase A city from the...

‘Apocalypse’: Three Sonnets by Peter Hartley

The Society
December 21, 2020
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry
29 Comments
_ I How will I know you or will you know me?When every bird has hurtled to the ground,When every whale and every fish has drowned,And every beast,...

A Poem on Losing Someone to Motor Neuron Disease (MND), by Peter Hartley

The Society
November 14, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
18 Comments
A Wheelchair They kept their car-doors shut and windows closed, Nor left their house but stayed inside, disposed To hide if D were waiting...

‘While Sitting by Her’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 9, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
27 Comments
  While Sitting by Her While sitting by her sometimes I would eye Her dextrous fingers plying to and fro While unbeknown to her, as she...

Poetry on the Passing of the Poet’s Wife, Part II, by Peter Hartley

The Society
September 8, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
26 Comments
  No Longer There I wonder if a change has come about. No longer do I feel that she is there As physical a being in her chair To me as I to...

‘The Taj Mahal’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
August 7, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
44 Comments
  Taj Mahal Built to commemorate a love that died Four hundred years ago, how sad to say She never saw what we can see today. Serenely does...

Poetry on the Passing of the Poet’s Wife, by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 16, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
34 Comments
  Coming Home “Thank you for letting me come home,” she said To me the night she died, and I, tongue-tied, I could not answer her. I...

Sonnets on the Music of Bach, Handel, and Mendelssohn, by Peter Hartley

The Society
June 16, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
30 Comments
  “Laudamus te” from J.S. Bach’s B-minor Mass This aria so beautifully sung, Its obbligato part ethereal; Such coloratura from one so...

‘The Rats of Kathmandu’: Two Sonnets by Peter Hartley

The Society
May 16, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
17 Comments
  I. The rats infesting Kathmandu Airport Appear to co-exist in peace with man And have, it seems, since local time began, Been treated...

‘Saint John Southworth’ by Peter Hartley

The Society
April 17, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
41 Comments
  So here he lies as he has lain in state These ninety years in this cathedral crypt At Westminster. We come to venerate The relics of a...

On a Bereavement: Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
February 29, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
21 Comments
On a Bereavement I Mourning Sickness Can anybody say how long it lasts, This numbness that deceives while it relieves The harrowed brain? My...

‘The Plight of Animals’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
November 25, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
94 Comments
The Plight of Animals The plight of animals, how must it be Ordained thus, either by a just God or A merciful? By nature meek and poor, They...

Sonnets on the Four Seasons and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
October 26, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
Spring In spring the crocuses broke out as bold As brass from refuge in their barren clay. They speared the air in colourful array And blazoned...

‘Of All God’s Living Creatures’ and Other Poetry by Peter Hartley

The Society
September 19, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
Of All God’s Living Creatures Of all God’s living creatures only we With subtle artifice create our style Of dress and image, and with...

The Remote Islands of Scotland: Six Poems by Peter Hartley

The Society
August 27, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
I. The Evacuation of St Kilda The remote island community on St Kilda had existed for thousands of years in considerable hardship until, from the...

Two Poems on Dogs by Peter Hartley

The Society
July 15, 2019
Culture, Humor, Poetry
24 Comments
The Thoughts of a Dog What really does go on inside the mind Of the domestic dog? To simply say They think of very little else all day But...

Six Clerihews by Peter Hartley

The Society
June 1, 2019
Clerihew, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Poetry Forms
40 Comments
The clerihew is a kind of epigrammatic verse (normally) consisting of a pair of rhyming couplets. The first line will usually introduce the name of a...

Five Sonnets on World War I by Peter Hartley

The Society
April 23, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
33 Comments
Gallipoli, 1915 There are none left on earth can ever tell At first hand of this mortal waste of war Hard-fought one hundred years ago and...
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    Dear David Thank you for your kind comments. I find it "therapeutic" to toss off rhyming couplets to satirize all…

  2. Frank Rable on ‘Every Square Inch’: A Poem by Frank RableJuly 6, 2025

    Thank you, David. Any physician will tell you that support from loved ones is part of the healing process. I…

  3. Frank Rable on ‘Every Square Inch’: A Poem by Frank RableJuly 6, 2025

    Thank you, Margaret, for your analysis of a poem that has personal meaning to me. There was a time not…

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    The psychological depths of this poem entrance and elicit a range of emotions. We are left to ponder the meaning…

  5. Mark Stellinga on ‘The Juggler’ and Other Poetry by Brian YapkoJuly 6, 2025

    Joe, I thought you'd get a kick out of this piece, which was inspired by the term, 'folie à deux',…

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