Dusk

Reading Thomas Lux’s magnificent new Selected Poems reminded me recently that I first heard his poems before I read them. One of…

Past fifty

Well, it’s happening. Happened, I mean. Stuff I thought would last forever -film titles, the actors in them, scenes of…

I have been asked to judge a thing. A good thing. A serious thing. (But this isn’t about that. We…

I first heard Thomas Lux’s poems before I read them. In the autumn of 2000 I was sent a tape…

She started as a name. There I was, following my nose, minding my own business, trying to ignore all instincts…

I am delighted to be included in Issue Twelve of Antiphon poetry magazine. You can read my new poem, ‘S’,…

The other day I was asked what I look for in poetry. Needing to give a quick answer I said: I…

Alan Booth wasn’t the first teacher to teach me something, but he was the first who drew me into the…

This is Jörn Cann. He was my ward doctor at the haematology unit where I was treated for non-Hodgkin’s…

I am delighted to be included in Lyrical, a new anthology of poems with my friends Cole Moreton, Katherine Venn,…

Below is a collection of my blog posts for the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. I will update it as I…

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work…

In 1991 we moved to a house in Brixton, south London. Of all our welcomes, that of our neighbour, the…

One of the biggest influences on my life, let alone my writing, is Martin Wilson. I should know; he’s my…

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work…

The online poetry magazine dedicated to very short poems, Nutshells and Nuggets, has taken two new poems of mine. You…

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I…