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.

Lifesaving Poems: Czeslaw Milosz’s ‘And Yet the Books’

And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings,That appeared once, still wetAs … More

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 … More

The Invisible College

I have just come back from a thing. I am tired. A good afternoon of good conversation about large, important … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

Why must we write?

The poem that came into my mind on waking up this morning and hearing the General Election result is Mark … More

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 … More

Nothing to say

‘You’re late,’ the new book says. It is seated at my desk, sleeves rolled up, a mug of steaming coffee … More

The new book

It is drizzling. The house is empty, the road outside quiet. It’s just as the book said it would be, … More

Excuses

‘Was it good?’ the book says. ‘Was what good?’ ‘What you’ve been up to,’ the book says. ‘When?’ ‘You know … More

The terrible poem

The terrible poem starts with an idea. The terrible poem knows it is the best thing that has been written. … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

Poets in the audience

Though I am reading from it, the book is nowhere to be seen. As well as normal people, some poets … More

We’re done

Ordinary morning sounds from outside drift into the room where I am working. Birdsong. A car being parked. The noise … More

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 … More