I’ve just got back from Contagious, the Bible-centred youth conference. It was amazing, and I’ll write more about some of the talks and seminars and stuff soon. The theme was the Resurrection, and while there I wrote and performed a poem on that theme, “inspired by” John Donne’s sonnet Death Be Not Proud. Death Be […]
At the moment, I’m sorting through my computer’s hard-disk to try and restore some order to the clutter. Double clicking on “Untitled Document” is always slightly exciting (well, compared to just moving files around) – who knows what might be hidden in that file? Usually it’s just some random jottings, like “To do 10th Oct […]
Hurricane Katrina. What can be said that isn’t woefully inadequate? The death and destruction is mind-boggling, and for it to happen in America is a painful reminder of the frailty of our illusions of invulnerability. So much pain and suffering. How can you respond to something like that? How could you comprehend its enormity and […]
Earlier this week I bought that great big hulking tomb, The Norton Anthology of Poetry (4th Edition). Around 200 pages. 1800 poems. 355 poets. Rather a hefty price tag, too! But it’s the set text for the English module Poetry that I’ve just begun, and will hopefully stand me in good stead later in the […]