Father’s Day 1970 This is the day my father lets us sleep, then brings us tea in bed. The sun … 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.
A curry with Matthew Sweeney
I am in the pub with Rupert. We are talking about planning a thing. It’s definitely going to happen. A … More
The burnt horizon
I am at a thing. It is my thing, contributing to the thing of others, who I do not know. … More
A new poem: Hymn of Rain
Ink Sweat & Tears have published a new poem, ‘Hymn of Rain’. Here’s to another barbecue summer!
The cancer World Cup
The ward is a void without him. Football blares in the corner, the monotonous roar of the crowd unleavened by … More
Influences: Duncan Kramer
I met the furniture designer Duncan Kramer at summer camp. Not as kids but as what we laughingly called leaders. … More
Hated by the book
The book is not in love with me. I shower it with love and promises of more stationery, but all … More
When the Holy Spirit Danced With Me in My Kitchen
When the Holy Spirit Danced With Me in My Kitchen the first thing I noticed was his arms, … More
Influences: Hugo Williams
I’m talking about real influence now –Raymond Carver This is the first in a new series of blog posts about people … More
Why aren’t you dead yet?
Jörn Cann wasn’t my friend. He was my doctor. He was famous before we even met him as the doctor … More
A Case of You
The way it starts. With an ending. Just before our love got lost. We have all been here: the wit … More
Curtains
The room is small, the size of a student bedsit. An enormous grey sofa takes up most of the space. … More
I have not read a book in six months
I have not read a book in six months -Raymond Carver, ‘Drinking While Driving’ I can still remember the shock … More
Lifesaving Poems: Martyn Crucefix’s ‘Sugar in Banana Sandwiches’
Sugar in Banana Sandwiches ‘Still something of the child in you’ she says. I find that hard to swallow … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tonnus Oosterhoff’s ‘Middle Ages’
Middle Ages (Translated by Paul Vincent) Folk from the past jostled for a place in the wall with distant … More
Such fun
We are driving to a thing. We are lost. It is a lunch thing, so the children are in tow. … More
Should I have heard of you?
‘We are at a party that doesn’t love us‘ – Tomas Tranströmer We are at a thing. Not a poetry … More
Living the dream
Or this one. You arrive at the venue early but there is no one there to greet you. You pace … More
Lifesaving Poems 