Aristocrats: ” I think I am becoming a God” by Keith Douglas

By zara On May 6, 2022

The words of this poem kept infringing on my thoughts as I investigated the war monuments in the church of Mells, Wiltshire, and provided the title for the article: Unicorns, Almost:

An Irish Airman foresees his Death

By zara On October 6, 2020

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) wrote
this lovely poem in 1918 as a memorial to Major Robert Gregory who died in World War 1 at the age of 36.

Route 66 (December 2018)

By zara On January 13, 2019

This song ties into my article: That Californian Trip, Route 66, when we followed Route 66 into Los Angeles from Roy’s Cafe at Amboy. OK, it is a bit of a cliche but it is the classic Route 66 song!

Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky

By zara On July 28, 2018

The title for my article Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky came from the Deep Purple song Smoke on the Water which is found on the 1972 album Machinehead.

The White Horse of Westbury by Charles Tennyson Turner

By zara On November 3, 2017

I used a line from this classic evocative poem which literally brings the white horses to life, as a title in my Chargers on the Wiltshire Wold article. Charlies Tennyson Turner (1808-1879) was the second son from a family of 11 brothers and sisters and was rather overshadowed by his younger, more famous brother, Alfred Tennyson.

Black Muddy River by the Grateful Dead

By zara On July 30, 2017

OK, so the river Nam Ou running through Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoi Neua in northern Laos was more of a muddy brown, but hey, it’s the Grateful Dead and who better to listen to …

In Flanders Fields

By zara On May 11, 2017

IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae This is the famous one: In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. written after losing a close friend and …

High Country/Lee Kernaghan

By zara On April 14, 2017

High Country Lee Kernaghan 1992 This song provided an apt title for our Kosciuzko trail ride which I wrote about in ‘A High Country Ride’. Though strictly speaking set in the Victorian High Country, it captures …

The Man from Snowy River

By zara On March 29, 2017

Banjo Patterson was a popular Australian bush (country) poet and this is one of his most famous poems. It was first published in 1890 and is set in the Victorian High Country. It is the …

Sara by Fleetwood Mac

By zara On March 18, 2017

Sara/Fleetwood Mac This song played in my mind amidst the desert wastes of Sharjah though the lyrics didn’t get as far as the sand bit – that comes from Matthew 7:24-27 and the parable of …

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