The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry by Mark Oakley Paul Henry and includes such literary landmarks

and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

which sometimes resemble lullabies in their dreaminess and gorgeous lyricism

After his first gratuitous exercises when he was 22 and striving to commit himself to love poetry

uk) and has published a poetry pamphlet

The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry by Mark Oakley Paul Henry and includes such literary landmarksWhether you love poetry or haven't read it since school, The Splash of Words will help you rediscover poetry's power to startle, challenge and reframe your vision. Like throwing a pebble into water, a poem causes a 'splash of words' whose ripples can transform the way we see the world, ourselves and God. Through thirty selected poems, from the fourteenth century to the present day, Mark Oakley explores poetry's power to stir our settled ways of