10 poetry websites you must visit before you die

Poetry offers so much pleasure and wisdom, but many of us loathe it because of the way poetry was taught to us at school. Whether or not that was your experience, dip into any of these fabulous websites and (re)discover the joys of reading poetry. Most of these sites also help us learn about the …

One kneeling, one looking down

Les Murray My half-buried timbers chained in corduroylead out into the sandwhich bare feet wincing Crutch and Crotchspurn for the summer surfโ€™s embroideryand insects stay up on the land. A storm engrossing half the skyin broccoli and seething draband standing on one foot over the countryburrs like a lit torch. Lightningturns air to elixir at …

We haunt our aisles

wheeled sardines purr disgorging economic units sale ends Sunday registers quiver bags take their silent prey and halls of mirrors groan coins rest in a dampened palm beneath her fingernails gold coffee grit bearing the price of suburban peace the weight of absent joy we haunt our aisles ยฉ 2014 Rod Benson