I Can’t Win

I Can’t Win

Someone (anonymous, for obvious reasons – and male, for equally obvious reasons, as will be revealed!) once wittily decided to write what he considered to be ‘Rules regarding Relationships between Males and Females’. These were as follows: The female makes all the...
Are you a Man or a Mouse?

Are you a Man or a Mouse?

When we think of poetry, our first thought might be that it tends to deal with romantic themes. We might consider Shakespeare’s ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘How Do I Love Thee’, Lord Byron’s ‘She Walks in Beauty’, Thomas...