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Reasons to be cheerful

Ok, so it was a terrible week. But in other news, not such a bad one. My friend Katherine sent…

Angels Bend Closer, Blogging, David Bowie, Hammock, Jane Siberry, Kate Clanchy, Katherine Venn, Patrick Gale, Peter Bourke, Raphael Warnock, Rebecca Solnit, Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me

The sweetness of 2020

I don’t want to pretend for a second that it was great. It was full of rawness and grief and…

2020, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Grief, Happy New year, Max Richter, Mental Health, New Year Letter, Reading, Writing

Poem of the year?

Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this…

Bloodaxe Books, Cancer, Chemobrain, Covid-19, Derek Mahon, Everything is going to be all right, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Remission

On ‘Goodbye to being a poet’

Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post talking about my ‘tired frame of mind’ and intention to…

ADHD, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Blogging, Grief, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Donne, Louise Glück, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Toon Tellegen

What you read in 2020

Here are the blog posts that you read most in 2020 As I click through the links I am surprised…

Alzheimer's, Blogging, Dementia, Grief, Lifesaving Poems, Loss, Mental Health, mindfulness, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence

Another good week

Fourth Sunday in Advent This was another good week. Because it had rest in it. Because I re-read Anne Lamott’s…

Advent, Anna Kamienska, Anne Lamott, Gratitude, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Prose Poetry, Queen's Gambit

Seeds of hope

Introducing Seeds of Hope, the second anthology of poems, prayers, reflections and provocations from the human rights organisation Amos Trust.…

Advent, Amos Trust, Human Rights, Justice, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Seeds of Hope

This was a good week

Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from…

Advent, Anna Kamienska, Clive Wilmer, Gratitude, Grief, Harold Budd, John Freeman, Karen Walrond, mindfulness, Shawna Lemay, Simon Parke

In memory of Harold Budd

Harold Budd, May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020 I am reposting this piece today in memory of Harold Budd,…

Children on the Hill, Creativity, Disques du Crepuscule, Durutti Column, Harold Budd, Listening to Music, mindfulness, Music, Presence, The Orb

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