which the poem revitalises with its references to filled eyes, sinusitis, vertigo, and the idea that it's something we "never quite get over." This final assertion feels like a pledge--a lover's and a poet's. "We never quite get over" love or poetry--and neither should we."How Snow Falls" [by Craig Raine] is a miniature, its couplets (a favourite Martian structure) spare and compact, its tone tender, tentative and exalted.
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: How Snow Falls by Craig Raine
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Christine Baxter was disappointed by the news that her local Grantham branch of M&S was closing down. She wrote to say so, and was told the store wasn't commercially viable. She then resorted to expressing her feelings in verse. The response that came back this time from M&S was also in verse, specially written by Alex Hawkins of the company's executive office. "We need the cash in our hand/To spread the M&S brand," Hawkins explained. Disappointed though she remained, Christine Baxter claims to have been "very impressed."
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Marks & Spencer says it with a (bad) poem
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