Good, Occasionally Rhyming: A Celebration of The Shipping Forecast in Poetry and Prose Two Rivers these poems illuminate the sorrows

these poems illuminate the sorrows of life with a bright flame

leaf by leaf'

at times painfully unbalanced

the personal and political intertwine and elegy is reformed

Good, Occasionally Rhyming: A Celebration of The Shipping Forecast in Poetry and Prose Two Rivers these poems illuminate the sorrowsA collection of selected poetry and writing about The Shipping Forecast on the 100th anniversary of the first BBC Broadcast. And now, the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met OfficeOften described as a litany, mantra or lullaby, the Shipping Forecast has long been a favourite of cosy homes on chilly evenings. Its practical use as a precise reading of the marine weather around the British Isles has been largely forgotten by its recreational listeners,