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Ted Hughes coming out of the radio
I have been wondering recently if the world of the poem (the one that is currently not-here, just out of…
The Invisible College
I have just come back from a thing. I am tired. A good afternoon of good conversation about large, important…
Lifesaving Poems: Gwen Harwood’s ‘Cups’
Cups They know us by our lips. They know the proverb about the space between us. Many slip. They…
A new poem in support of Mental Health Awareness Week 2015
I am delighted to have a new poem, To Spring, published today at Sarah James’s blog, in With You In…
A new poem at The Clearing
I am delighted to have a new poem, ‘Blue Morning’ (after Terry Frost), included in Four Ways of Looking at…
Why must we write?
The poem that came into my mind on waking up this morning and hearing the General Election result is Mark…
The Parable of the Book (free eBook)
For those of you who have been enjoying my series of adventures with ‘the book’, here is a free eBook…
Nothing to say
‘You’re late,’ the new book says. It is seated at my desk, sleeves rolled up, a mug of steaming coffee…
The new book
It is drizzling. The house is empty, the road outside quiet. It’s just as the book said it would be,…
Excuses
‘Was it good?’ the book says. ‘Was what good?’ ‘What you’ve been up to,’ the book says. ‘When?’ ‘You know…
The terrible poem
The terrible poem starts with an idea. The terrible poem knows it is the best thing that has been written.…
What is a lifesaving poem?
Tomorrow I will be taking part at the Wenlock Poetry Festival in an event with Roz Goddard. We will be…
Mike Ferguson reviews Making Poetry Happen
‘Making Poetry Happen is a fundamental resource for all English teachers for the way if collates both thinking about…
Two new poems at And Other Poems
Two new poems are published today at And Other Poems, curated by Josephine Corcoran. They are Poem Beginning With a…
Poets in the audience
Though I am reading from it, the book is nowhere to be seen. As well as normal people, some poets…
We’re done
Ordinary morning sounds from outside drift into the room where I am working. Birdsong. A car being parked. The noise…
What the internet thinks
‘You looked, didn’t you?’ the book says. ‘What?’ I say. ‘Before you started this.’ ‘What?’ ‘At your stats. You couldn’t…
Lifesaving Poems 