Groping back to bed after a piss I part thick curtains, and am startled by The rapid clouds, the moon’s cleanliness. Four…

Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue, And feel once more…

Will the train never start? God, make the train start. She cannot bear it, keeping up so long; and he, he no…

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There’s none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made…

When I drop four cubes of ice Chimingly in a glass, and add Three goes of gin, a lemon slice, And let…

Never give all the heart, for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain, and they…

I shall never get you put together entirely, Pieced, glued, and properly jointed. Mule-bray, pig-grunt and bawdy cackles Proceed from your great…

who likely were reluctant to be brave. Sitting by a slow fire on a waste of snow, I would last about an…

[1914-18] (‘The Honours of War’ – A Diversity of Creatures) These were our children who died for our lands; they were dear…

The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss…