"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
(from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence, 1803)
Make time for the poetry in your life. Find an hour for shared reading and response to classic and contemporary poems with Dr Jonathan Wooding, teacher and published poet.
You may find you agree with Seamus Heaney's observation: "I have always thought of poems as stepping stones in one's own sense of oneself." Or, perhaps you simply find, with William Carlos Williams that:
"so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens"
(The Red Wheelbarrow, 1923)
Wildflowers, stepping stones, wheelbarrows – let's see. Shared readings, shared visions.
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens"
(The Red Wheelbarrow, 1923)
Wildflowers, stepping stones, wheelbarrows – let's see. Shared readings, shared visions.
University students and staff are invited to join us on Mondays at the Pastoral and Spiritual Support Centre opposite the James Street Vaults.
If you have any specific access requirements related to a disability, please let us know in advance by emailing spiritualsupport@plymouth.ac.uk.