I was having a coffee with a new writer friend the other day. Not having known each other for very … 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.
Smith
Smith Objectionable, mercurial, fierce, wise, bandaged, solitary and irresistible, Phil Smith and I were not close. Only in our … More
What do I know?
One of the more interesting paradoxes of analysing the interviews of professional writers during the Teachers as Writers (TaW) … More
The Next Swim
For a number of reasons –too much grief in my life, too sedentary, too much television, too out … More
Creativity: a provocation
You can download the PowerPoint of my talk at Mount Kelly College, on 18 April 2017, here: Creativity_a provocation_Mount Kelly College_April … More
In Praise of Rupert
Rupert Loydell is shouting at the countryside. I have got up at sparrow-fart to drive him to the Blandford … More
Poet-detective
In the dry months after my cancer treatment, when the visitors stopped visiting and I put all the cards … More
Dreaming about X
I dreamt about my friend X last night. I don’t think I normally dream about him, and don’t recall having … More
#NaBloPoMo 24 – See you later
Today is the last day of NaBloPoMo, that month in the year when someone decides it is a nice idea … More
#NaBloPoMo 23 – Prayer
Dear God Do you think you could fix it so that I might have some of Martin’s playfulness, his … More
#NaBloPoMo 22 – When Josephine Corcoran interviewed me
As we draw to the end of NaBloPoMo, I have invited Josephine Corcoran to collaborate with me on a joint-interview. … More
#NaBloPoMo 20 – On ambition
It wasn’t much of a day. I was in noodle-mode, sticking things into my day book, quotes and articles and … More
#NaBloPoMo 19 – My son’s coats
Come to me as a heap on his bed, the Jurassic layers of his early adulthood here in Exeter abandoned … More
#NaBloPoMo 18 – Afterwards
After they left, the house went very quiet. No one really knew about the quietness but me. I played a … More
#NaBloPoMo 17 – Coffee? (meditation on a blog post by Josephine Corcoran)
If you came round for coffee these days you’d be offered decaff. Doctor’s orders, I’d say. And against my better … More
#NaBloPoMo 16 – To autumn
What I love about autumn is the night arriving early. What I hate about autumn is the day leaving even … More
#NaBloPoMo 14 – Some secrets
One of the signs of my anxiety is when I start to look obsessively at stationery blogs. I adore NCIS. … More
#NaBloPoMo 13 – His notebook highlights strewn
Dean Paul Granny § ‘What students in classrooms say is an exceptionally precious learning resource. Every time a teacher receives … More
Lifesaving Poems 