Entries from The Caird Library Blog tagged with 'Poem'
William Falconer's The Shipwreck
December's item of the month is somewhat hard to categorise: part fiction, part autobiography and part instructional guide for sailors, William Falconer's poem The Shipwreck is a must-read for Patrick O'Brian fans. Fair enough, there's no Jack Aubrey character -...
Posted by Renee on December 9, 2009 9:24 AM
Recordings of John Agard's poems now online
As you may remember, John Agard was poet-in-residence at the Museum last year, and wrote a couple of memorable posts on this blog about being inspired by London's drinking water and Ignatius Sancho enjoying an Honest Sausage in Greenwich Park....
Posted by Renee on January 16, 2008 10:09 AM
Honest Sausage
It was a pleasure meeting up with COFA (the Caribbean Over Fifties Association) whose members originally come from all around the Caribbean. We went down memory lane with a look at Caribbean proverbs and their connection with various traditions such...
Posted by Renee on October 22, 2007 9:12 AM
What Ails the King: a maritime inspired poem for National Poetry Day
Some years ago, I was invited by curator Nigel Rigby to come up with a poetic spin as a counterpoint to Empire footage from old movies, Pathe newsreels etc. I enjoyed that quirky collaboration on what became a video/installation for...
Posted by Renee on October 4, 2007 12:25 PM
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