My taste in poetry runs to the old and traditional, but I’ve found a modern poet whose work I enjoy so much that I’m making my way through her website at the rate of one page every Sunday morning – because I don’t want … Continue reading →

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) – poet, short-story writer, and novelist – was also a journalist and editor. When he became famous, his fellow journalists constantly badgered him. His recently rediscovered poem “The Press,” written in 1899, perfectly describes the sort of journalism often … Continue reading →