from A New Guide 7 Look at this arch. It is part of a building more than seven hundred years old. … More
Author: Anthony Wilson
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. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, is available now from Blue Diode Publishing. My current research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, is Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
UCU Strike Poems 9 – from Cats and a Cock, by Muriel Rukeyser
from Cats and a Cock We walk the streets of the dark city, placards at back light in our heads, … More
USS Strike: A list of blog posts and resources
One of the most inspiring things about being involved in the UCU USS pensions strike has been the outpouring of … More
UCU Strike Poems 8 – Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009, by Margaret Alice
Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009 Attending the PMDS workshop today a 46-page page performance document to be discussed in … More
UCU Strike Notebook 2
Monday: people are starting to recognise each other on my picket line. They exchange news of how the strike is … More
UCU Strike Poems 7 -Try to Praise the Mutilated World, by Adam Zagajewski
Try to Praise the Mutilated World Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops … More
UCU Strike Poems 6 – The Way Things Work, by Jorie Graham
The Way Things Work is by admitting or opening away. This is the simplest form of current: Blue moving … More
UCU Strike Poems 5 – Day of Song, Day of Silence, by Ada Limón
Day of Song, Day of Silence The strange crying sounds of the peacocks on the private school grounds … More
UCU Strike Poems 4 -Things I Learned at University, by Kate Bingham
Things I Learned at University How to bike on cobblestones and where to signal right. How to walk through doors … More
UCU Strike Notebook
A passerby comes up to my group and hands us a brown paper bag. ‘It’s full of flat whites,’ she … More
UCU Strike Poems 3 – Calling Him Back from Layoff, by Bob Hicok
Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he said hello and I said hello came a … More
UCU Strike Poems 2 – Invisible Work, by Alison Luterman
Invisible Work Because no one could ever praise me enough, because I don’t mean these poems only but the unseen … More
UCU Strike Poems 1 – What Work Is, by Philip Levine
What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You … More
Late February notebook
Aesthetics of Creating Something This doesn’t just happen: It happens to you. Kenneth Koch, from One Train, p.64 ∞ ‘Even … More
On Being Chipper
There were just a few of us in the room, gathered round a table. I had been invited to … More
February notebook
‘The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to … More
The how of it
I was having a coffee with a new writer friend the other day. Not having known each other for … More
End of January notebook
Blind panic when the anthology I am in arrives. The hunt, ever more despairing, for my poem, certain that they … More
Lifesaving Poems 