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Reminded of Auden
by: JT Julia: On reading your reply to Kevs, I was reminded of something once said by the poet, WH Auden: “We are all here… -
Housman’s To an Athlete Dying Young
by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by,… -
Abou Ben Adhem
While I was writing Meditation 219, and subsequently writing its follow-up, Meditation 228, Leigh Hunt’s classic poem, Abou Ben Adhem, constantly came to mind. I… -
Formulaic Beauty
by: Rev. Dr. Kristine Robinson Sometimes I feel that perhaps the universe is an artefact I don’t hold with any religion. Not any more They’re… -
Excellent!
by: Nicki Robinson This is an excellent poem. You’ve captured everything I’ve thought about leaving Christianity. Thanks so much. -
Milton’s view
by: Will Petillo Among the Christians who have given some thought to sex in the afterlife was the poet John Milton, who seemed to have… -
My Choice
by: Robert G. Ingersoll from Prose-Poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll, published by C.P. Farrell, New York 1884 I… -
The Apathetic Hymn of The Agnostic
By: P.W. Sharkey The Apathetic Hymn of The Agnostic* (P.W. Sharkey) We are the people who won’t be knocking at your door Or leaving little… -
Amazing Disgrace
By: Paul W. Sharkey (originally published as A Miscellany 167) Amazing Disgrace Amazing disgrace, how sick the thought that took a life so free and… -
We Don’t Know and We Don’t Care.
By: Roger Eno We Don’t Know and We Don’t Care. (Tune: Pantsaway.) We don’t know and we don’t care Whether there’s a god up there,…