Tag: John Milton.

Milton for a retiring ex minister.

Posted on By pukeko
Annette King has chosen at 70 to leave Parliament. She was minister for Health under the last Labour government and been a senior member of the Opposition for the last decade. As she is of the left she is considered a saint. But she has to… Read More

Poem of the day.

Posted on By Chris Gale
"They also serve that stand and wait". Said so frequently, and often glibly. But the poet who wrote this had become blind, and this poem was not written as much to comfort. Not as we use the quote, to excuse. But to document his pain, and that it did not resolve. Read More

Poem of the day 52

Posted on By Chris Gale
When our ancestors vowed "til death do us part" they were quite aware that their time together was limited. Women died: if not in child-birth, from setting their skirts on fire -- as they moved coals around the open fire on which all food was cooked… Read More