Author: Anthony Wilson

I am a poet and writing tutor. For 24 years I worked 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. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, was published in 2023 by Blue Diode Press. Plymbridge, a new pamphlet, is available now from Worple Press. My final research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, was Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.

Staying in touch with my failure rate (LentBlog11)

I always think of myself as working at a rock face. Ninety days out of ninety five, it’s just a … More

The new notebook (LentBlog9)

After Charles Wright Strives for perfection-Thursday Is begun day after votings Old envelope from the hospital) Will … More

The blogs I don’t read (LentBlog8)

When I began blogging almost ten years ago, I felt as though I had been let into the shiny, sugar-scented … More

Portrait (LentBlog7)

I am half way down the path with a recycling bin, a podcast playing on my phone in my pocket, … More

A couple (LentBlog6)

We have all seen them. (Except maybe we do not see them. Maybe what they are doing is so normal … More

Old (LentBlog5)

That isn’t me in the photo, though it could be. A bald man in vaguely sportif clothing trying to take an … More

Interiority (LentBlog3)

‘You good?’ says the book. ‘Yup,’ I say. ‘Good, thanks. All good.’ ‘You’re good. So you’re good,’ the book says. … More

Meditation on a line by Martin Stannard (LentBlog2)

A line that has really been haunting me recently is ‘Horses turned out into a cold field have it’ from … More

A challenge (LentBlog1)

I am not sure how this is going to turn out. It was something somebody said in response to my … More

The Year of Living Deeply 9: Goodbye Facebook, it’s (not really) been real

Dear Facebook I thought I would write to let you know that after years of thinking (and even talking) … More

Lifesaving Poems: C. P. Cavafy’s ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’

Waiting for the Barbarians What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. … More

Lifesaving Poems: Philip Larkin’s ‘Going’

Going There is an evening coming in Across the fields, one never seen before, That lights no lamps. Silken … More

Angry

’Have you seen my coat?’ says the book. ’Nope. You seen mine?’ ’Nope. You look tired. Are you tired?’ ’You … More

An American

‘What’s happening?’ ’Nothing,’ I say. ’Doesn’t look like nothing,’ the book says. ‘It looks like you’re brooding. Are you brooding?’ … More

The Irish poet

‘Something looks different,’ the book says. ‘Have you been shaving again?’ ‘You can talk,’ I say. ‘As it happens, … More

Spirally

‘What’s up?’ says the book. ‘It’s nothing. Really. I’m fine,’ I say. ‘For a person with their head in their … More

The notion of attention: In memory of Mary Oliver

To celebrate the life of Mary Oliver, who died a week ago, I present a found poem, taken from the … More

The Year of Living Deeply 8: Doing One Thing

I am really bad at doing one thing. If I am chopping an onion, I am listening to the radio. … More