Poetry In Motion

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Sir Andrew Motion reads 'Going, Going' poem
Sir Andrew Motion, President of CPRE (2012 – 2015) and ex-Poet Laureate, reads 'Going, Going' by Philip Larkin at the CPRE AGM on 18 June as part of his speech on 'Poetry and the English countryside'.
 

The Battle of Maldon
Set in AD 991 at the mouth of the river Panta, the Earl Byrhtnoth deals battle to Viking raiders. Unfortunately the epic poem is a fragment; the opening lines and the end have been lost. It remains nonetheless a magnificent record of heroism and courage.

 
Ecclesiastes 11:1
One more spring will come (VIDEO)

Ecclesiastes 11:1


We must cast our bread

Upon the waters, as the

Ancient preacher said,



Trusting that it may

Amply be restored to us

After many a day.



That old metaphor,

Drawn from rice farming on the

River’s flooded shore,



Helps us to believe

That it’s no great sin to give,

Hoping to receive.



Therefore I shall throw

Broken bread, this sullen day,

Out across the snow,



Betting crust and crumb

That birds will gather, and that

One more spring will come.



Richard Wilbur
 
Has anyone ever heard how the song “Poetry In Motion” got it’s title? Kind of funny.
 
ECCLESIASTES 11:1
ONE MORE SPRING WILL COME

[video]http://motionpoems.org/episode/ecclesiastes-111/[/video]

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If by Rudyard Kipling - Read by Sir Michael Caine​


Sir Michael Caine termed this poem as one of his favorites. His father read it to him once, and to him it summed up what a man should be! It inspired him a lot.
 

THE WATCHER OF VOWELS a poem by Robert Bly​

 

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