Where I found hope this week - We’ve been thinking about love all wrongSuleika Jaooud writes about what illness taught her about true friendship. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBxy #NineByOne #BeyondSolitude

The other direction, the path Thomas chose, buttressed by the abstract notion of duty, rose from another ideal. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBxz #BeyondSolitude #3rdAct

Cherry blossom is one of life’s fleeting pleasures, here and gone. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx0 #NéosDelta #3rdAct

The road not taken by Thomas led to America, and the freedom to write as Frost did, while the path he chose led to his death. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx1 #BeyondSolitude #3rdAct

It was during these long walks that Frost encouraged Thomas to consider himself a poet. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx3 #BeyondSolitude #3rdAct

A poem to enjoy - Eulogy for the Cantina on Chapel St. that’s transformed into another bank by Kinsale DrakePoetry doesn’t have to be complicated. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx4 #NineByOne #BeyondSolitude

The tracks in the field were a mess however, and with a heavy fall of snow, perhaps over the next week or weeks, the direction in which they led might be lost. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae4IM #BeyondSolitude #writing #poetry

I don’t think I have a split personality, and I understand these selves to be more like roles than separate personalities. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae63z #BeyondSolitude #yesandno

Even the best-laid plans can unravel in an instant. The control illusion convinces us we’re at the wheel, yet life often drives itself. The magic happens when you trade control for curiosity, worry for wonder. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx6 #BeyondSolitude

An article that made me think - In my later years I want to embrace valour - Sheila Hancock - What a marvellous article this is. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae63e #NéosDelta #3rdAct

Frost intended ‘The Road Not Taken’ to be read as a playful dig at Thomas. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx7 #BeyondSolitude #3rdAct

While living in Gloucestershire in 1914, Frost frequently took long walks with Thomas through the countryside. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx8 #BeyondSolitude #3rdAct

‘ … We are all here for the same reasons, aching toward what we desire most: a drunken gaze, shaking the winter from our hair, remembering a mother’s taco shells and refusing to wipe away the grease.’ Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfBx9 #NineByOne #BeyondSolitude

Present at Anjali’s death, she movingly describes the deep friendship they developed, and the grace she felt attending Anjali’s passing. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfByA #NineByOne #BeyondSolitude

Meeting Larkin - Why meeting your heroes might not be what you expect ▸ lttr.ai/AgEqh #BeyondSolitude #poetry #PhilipLarkin

Perhaps Larkin’s greatest gift was looking unflinchingly at whatever was there. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AgI5k #BeyondSolitude #poetry #PhilipLarkin

I think it erected what Billy Collins calls an anti-poetry deflector shield that came on line whenever I was presented with a long poem. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AgRKG #BeyondSolitude #poetry #PhilipLarkin

We often need containment; the snowy field is one field within a vast universe of snow. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae4IN #BeyondSolitude #writing #poetry

I left home wearing a shirt and jacket, and driving to work I prepared myself for the day ahead. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae630 #BeyondSolitude #yesandno

Control offers the illusion of safety, but only acceptance delivers real peace. What if you experimented with letting go—not as a sign of defeat, but as an act of trust? Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AgcIe #BeyondSolitude #PowerOfSayingYes #loneliness