Rattle and Rhyme

Not every poem has to be serious. Sometimes, it’s enough for the words to rattle, bounce, and carry us along for the ride.In this episode of A Voice Like This, I start with Robert Louis Stevenson’s Windy Nights — a short, stormy gallop through the dark. Then we turn to Edward Lear’s The Jumblies, where nonsense reigns and adventure begins with the simple idea of sailing off in a sieve.There’s a joy in poems like these: they don’t try to explain themselves, and maybe that’s the point. They just invite us to smile, to join the rhythm, and to remember that not everything in life needs to make sense to be worth enjoying.So, if you fancy a few minutes of storm and silliness, settle in and let’s rattle along together.