Hughes, Ted
Bloody Mary’s venomous flames can curl;
They can shrivel sinew and char bone
Of foot, ankle, knee, thigh, and boil
Bowels, and drop his heart a cinder down;
And her soldiers can cry, as they hurl
Logs in the red rush: “This is her sermon.”
– Ted Hughes, “The Martyrdom of Bishop Ferrar”
Read this interview with Ted Hughes from the Paris Review:
Paris Review – The Art of Poetry No. 71, Ted Hughes
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Farmers in the fields, housewives behind steamed windows,
Watch the burning aircraft across the blue sky float,
As if a firefly and a spider fought,
Far above the trees, between the washing hung out.
They wait with interest for the evening news.
– Ted Hughes, “The Casualty”
Watch Ted Hughes discuss and read his work:
Ted Hughes interview and a reading from The Iron Man
Ted Hughes speaking about putting his stories to music and he reads an extract from The Iron Man.
