Enduring Threads Ben Fowkes maybe his new friend Emmett

maybe his new friend Emmett the red robin can comfort him

independent-minded and plain spoken

President Herbert Chase Hastings is stoking the fires of unrest as no American leader ever has before

Death and Everything in Between presents key photographs by Don McCullin

design-led learning Clear

Enduring Threads Ben Fowkes maybe his new friend EmmettWriting these sestinas has brought to mind all the amazing lives that have touched mine and have made me realise just how precious every single strand has been. The sestina was invented by the twelfth century mathematician Arnaud Daniel. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in a set formula throughout the poem. I have found this form of poetry thrilling and addictive.