‘I have no talent. I’m not talking about the literary marketplace: I mean how I see myself. I write poems for myself, like these notebooks, to think things through, that’s all.’ Anna Kamienska, A Nest of Quiet.
I am a lecturer, poet and writing tutor. I work in teacher and medical education at the University of Exeter. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. My most recent books are Deck Shoes (Impress Books, 2019), a book of prose memoir and criticism, and The Afterlife (Worple Press, 2019). In 2023 I will publish The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, with Blue Diode Press. My current research project, with Sue Dymoke from Nottingham Trent University and funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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Thank you for all your thoughtful and thought provoking posts this year. You are a true poet! (And some good music too). Sarah
Thank you so much for saying this, Sarah. I am honoured that you are here, let alone saying such affirming things. It means more than I can say. Wishing you a peaceful Christmas, Anthony
Ahh, The Queen’s Gambit.
I was hooked on that, too. Just could not watch that penultimate episode. How do you read Chloe?
In case you have not got that far… schtum.
Best wishes to yourself, and all.
Even more extra care, now.
It’ll be worth it.
Anthony Wilson 
Thank you for all your thoughtful and thought provoking posts this year. You are a true poet! (And some good music too). Sarah
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Thank you so much for saying this, Sarah. I am honoured that you are here, let alone saying such affirming things. It means more than I can say. Wishing you a peaceful Christmas, Anthony
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Ahh, The Queen’s Gambit.
I was hooked on that, too. Just could not watch that penultimate episode. How do you read Chloe?
In case you have not got that far… schtum.
Best wishes to yourself, and all.
Even more extra care, now.
It’ll be worth it.
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Very insightful post and loved reading your poems.
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