( Cut for sentimentality, dogs, and Tolkien... )

I came across this poem randomly the other day, and liked it.  Ironically, though, I could really do with an version that goes something along the lines of 'wander around the Internet if you must ( Read more... )

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Since I'm living in a monarchy, I definitely want to enjoy the spectacle.   My abstract view of monarchy as a system is not uncritically approving, but I feel that switching to anything else at this stage would have many downsides.  And there's no question that our current incumbent is a tough old bird for an 86 year old. 
( A celebratory cake. )

I stumbled upon this thin volume recently. It is only by courtesy a book.  It contains three poems, none of them long, written about a holiday in the 1970's :
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