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These candid and reflective verses explore the human experience of erring and learning. They delve into the aftermath of mistakes, embracing vulnerability and the growth journey.
These poems encompass small regrets and significant missteps, shedding light on the universal nature of fallibility. Through powerful storytelling and introspection, these verses acknowledge that mistakes are a part of being human, encouraging readers to embrace imperfections, forgive themselves, and find wisdom in the lessons learned.
‘Stealing Peas’ explores the bittersweetness of a memory that ultimately reveals the inherent insecurities and vulnerabilities of childhood.
Tamp of a clean ball on stretched gut.
Warm evening voices over clipped privet.
Cut grass. Saltfish from the mudflats,
and the tide far out.
‘an afternoon nap’ by Arthur Yap explores the lacunae in the modern education system and how it results in anxiety and stress in students.
the ambitious mother across the road
is at it again. proclaming her goodness
she beats the boy. shouting out his wrongs, with raps
she begins with his mediocre report-book grades.
‘Sonnet 110’ or ‘Alas, ’tis true I have gone here and there’ is about the speaker’s realization that he only wants the Fair Youth.
Alas! 'tis true, I have gone here and there,
And made my self a motley to the view,
Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear,
Made old offences of affections new;
Ted Hughes’ ‘The Other’ reflects on his bond with Sylvia Plath, exploring love, guilt, and their connection’s transformative power.
Still she had so much she made you feel
Your vacuum, which nature abhorred,
So you took your fill, for nature's sake.
Because her great luck made you feel unlucky
In ‘I am very bothered’, the Speaker takes on the role of confessor, as he shares a shameful event from his past and offers it up to the Reader to make up their minds about the misdemeanor.
I am very bothered when I think
of the bad things I have done in my life.
Not least that time in the chemistry lab
‘Scything’ by Gillian Clarke orchestrates an unexpected encounter with the visceral realities of life and death.
It is blue May. There is work
to be done. The spring’s eye blind
with algae, the stopped water
silent. The garden fills
‘Farewell to Love’ by John Donne is a classic piece by the Metaphysical poet that demonstrates his skill with intellectual arguments mixed with intense passion.
Whilst yet to prove
I thought there was some deity in love,
So did I reverence, and gave
Worship ; as atheists at their dying hour
‘Landmark’ by Sheers captures an intimate encounter’s imprint on nature, blending passion with the landscape for a lasting memory.
Afterwards they were timeless
and they lay that way for a while before standing
and dressing, reclaiming their clothes
‘Tess’s Lament’ by Thomas Hardy is a depressing poem that agonizes over the grief and regret of one woman’s tragic heartbreak.
I would that folk forgot me quite,
Forgot me quite!
I would that I could shrink from sight,
And no more see the sun.
‘Metamorphosis’ by Peter Porter draws attention to the transformation of the speaker into a hideous and unrecognizable character.
As in a werewolf film I’m horrible, far
Below the collar – my fingers crack, my tyrant suit
Chokes me as it hugs me in its fire.
‘How Great My Grief’ by Thomas Hardy is a moving poem that examines a different kind of grief than the poet is typically associated with expressing.
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!
- Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
‘The Merchant’s Prologue’ is the introduction to ‘The Merchant’s Tale’ and serves to establish the Merchant as an unreliable narrator.
"Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe
"Weeping and wailing, grief and other sorrow
1214 I knowe ynogh, on even and a-morwe,"
I know enough, on evenings and mornings,"
In ‘The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven,’ a culinary catastrophe turns comical as a turkey’s unconventional escape leads to hilarious mayhem.
Take a turkey, stuff it fat,
Some of this and some of that.
Get some turnips, peel them well.
Cook a big squash in its shell.
‘Fooled Me for Years with the Wrong Pronouns’ by Gwyneth Lewis explores an abusive relationship, with Lewis writing an anti-love poem.
You made me cry in cruel stations, So I missed many trains. You married others In plausible buildings. The subsequent son Became my boss. You promised me nothing
‘Holy Sonnet II’ by John Donne is the second in a series of religious sonnets that Donne is well-known for. This poem is directed to God and explores a speaker’s concerns about their fate.
As due by many titles I resign
Myself to thee, O God. First I was made
By Thee; and for Thee, and when I was decay’d
Thy blood bought that, the which before was Thine.
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