Debate Between A Retired Teacher Of English & An Enthusiastic Student On SALLY ROONEY

So large and so significant is English as a literature that you never really lose sight…

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“By Boots I Am M.A”

In the 1920’s D. H. Lawrence wrote the following clever poem. It may not be one…

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Music That Murders Silence

You cannot escape it can you? That loud over-powering pulsating beat! We have gone to a…

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Knowing We Do Not Belong To Ourselves : Different Views.

What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is…

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Inspiration: What Does It Mean To Say Writers Are Inspired?

Biblical literalists will tell you the Bible is inspired by God and a picture has arisen…

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Sixty Not Out!

Dear Readers, Sixty not out refers to the number of blogs you can access by scrolling…

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“The Body Of God”

Here are two further “Last Poems” of D. H. Lawrence on the subject of the demiurge:…

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The Imagination Of God

Shortly before D. H. Lawrence died his medical specialist stated, “an ordinary man with those lungs…

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“What Is It To Be A Romantic?”: Philosophically Speaking?

We have been looking at Romanticism in general and some aspects of pre-romanticism ( the picturesque,…

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