Jamie Barton

Jan 12, 2024 | thereader.org.uk | Jamie Barton

The tasks that have been entrusted to us are often difficult. Almost everything that matters is difficult, and everything matters. Rainer Maria Rilke, from Letters to a Young Poet (And Everything Matters, selection from January 18)I have been a fan of Rainer Maria Rilke for some years now, ever since I first came across one of his poems featured in a novel that I was reading at the time.

Nov 28, 2023 | thereader.org.uk | Jamie Barton |John Clare

Home › Something More › Featured Poem: To Autumn Written by Jamie Barton, 28th November 2023 For November's Featured Poem, Julie is reading 'To Autumn' by John Clare To Autumn by John Clare Come, pensive Autumn, with thy clouds, and storms, And falling leaves, and pastures lost to flowers; A luscious charm hangs on thy faded forms, More sweet than Summer in her loveliest hours, Who, in her blooming uniform of green, Delights with samely and continued joy: But give me, Autumn, where thy hand...