Poems

I’ve always written poetry… but far too feeble to share! However, as I also love other people’s poetry, I can at least share some of my favourite poems… and perhaps give some insight why I like them and they are important to me!

Fair stood the wind

Books by LoisAugust 5, 2015

Poems by LoisAugust 1, 2015

The Soote Season

Language is forever changing and evolving, and as new words arrive older words soemtimes fade away and are lost; however sometimes when you come across a ‘lost’ word, the context brings it back to life again. In this sonnet by Henry Howard, you might at first think ‘the soote season’ is winter, when fires are […]

Let that which is to come be as it may

Poems by LoisJuly 30, 2015

And the rain descended

Poems by LoisJuly 28, 2015

Caught to your heart

Poems by LoisJuly 24, 2015

Though in life’s streets

Poems by LoisJuly 22, 2015

A marvellous solitude

Poems by LoisJuly 12, 2015

Not for your human beauty

Poems by LoisJuly 4, 2015

In the lover’s kiss

Poems by LoisJuly 1, 2015

Food by LoisJune 30, 2015September 13, 2018

Soup of the morning, beautiful soup!

I had a beautiful edition of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ when I was a child, probably given to me by my dear god-mother; sadly I have lost both the book and godmother, but I certainly think of my god-mother almost daily, and ‘Alice’ occasionally too. I loved reading from an early age, and Alice was one […]