‘Awful but cheerful’ is the final phrase and line of ‘The Bight‘, by Elizabeth Bishop. I’ve always felt that the…
Badly-lit
I was at a thing. Very rarely for me, it was my own thing, only my second in front of…
The dead streetlamp
I thought of it before I knew I had remembered it. Just the word ‘then’. Rereading and searching at speed…
New crushes
As I try to hold on to beginner’s mind, I recall the practice of falling in love at a moment’s…
Who are we serving?
One of the great joys for me this summer was being able to get back to Greenbelt, a festival of…
In search of beginner’s mind
As I come back to this blog, I am looking to try and inhabit what Zen practitioners call beginner’s mind.…
Some new poems
I am delighted to announce the publication of some new poems, which you can find at the links below. Having…
RIP Jaan Kaplinski
I was very saddened to learn today that the leading Estonian poet Jaan Kaplinski has died, aged 80, of motor…
A list of found poems
Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking…
