Tell Me the Truth About Love

  Saw this excerpt from W.H. Auden on the Tube yesterday. Thought it was good enough to share.  It’s in Collected Poems, Revised edition (2007).  When it comes, will it come without warning Just as I’m picking my nose? Will it knock on my door in the morning Or tread in the bus on my [...]

Arithmetic Progression

11-9-7 Today was a good day. In fact, Sunday was a good day too. On Sunday, I woke up late because I’d gone to the Camel and Artichoke. I’d travelled with my sister. There’d been good food, live music, old friends. I plumbed my memory for trivia. There had been free books on a shelf. [...]