Leap in the dark: Alastair McIntosh looks for inner life

2 Nov 2023 | by Alastair McIntosh

‘Let not the occasion go to waste.’

‘“Poetry is not a luxury” said the African American writer Audre Lorde, explaining that poetry represents the light.’ | Photo: by Kyle Johnson on Unsplash

We now know that at least seven people have died across the UK from Storm Babet; and in the Middle East, as if Ukraine and wars in Africa were not enough, another kind of storm has engulfed humanity.

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