Intense Look out here comes that bloke with the worn out eyes. He’s always coming ’round here with his…
Reasons to be cheerful
Ok, so it was a terrible week. But in other news, not such a bad one. My friend Katherine sent…
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…
Poem of the year?
Before I start, I want to say that this is not about stats. This is not about stats. What this…
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…
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…
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…
Seeds of hope
Introducing Seeds of Hope, the second anthology of poems, prayers, reflections and provocations from the human rights organisation Amos Trust.…
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…