I am at a thing. I have been asked to read a couple of poems. It is not my thing, … 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.
Go, little poem
I have said goodbye to the poem. For a while, a long while, we were not even speaking. After the … More
The poem is cross with me
The poem is not happy. It glares up at me, its eyes spitting fury. ‘How dare you take me in … More
Pursued by the poem
I am being pursued by the poem. It has been there for several years now, asking to be written. I … More
The best feeling there is
You stick to the routines you have set up, notebook observations, voracious reading, sending the work out to mags, even … More
Sorry
The impetus behind this blog is praise. I hope it comes across. I made a vow that I would use … More
Their age now
Having not succeeded at school, I’ve always thought of poetry as the holidays, rather than term-time. Hugo Williams I went … More
Lifesaving Poems: Helen Dunmore’s ‘In the Desert Knowing Nothing’
In the Desert Knowing Nothing Here I am in the desert knowing nothing, here I am knowing nothing in … More
How to submit poems to a poetry magazine
You’re at a reading, to support a friend. It is not going well. Not your friend, who is quietly stealing … More
How to give a poetry reading
The Little Snoring Poetry Group have written to you asking if you would come and read to them some of … More
How to enter a poetry competition
You go a talk by a Leading Poet. No one you know is there, but still you sit at the … More
Sailing through
Dear Anthony Two cycles down, just six more to go. You are not looking bad, considering. The belligerent doctor who … More
To failure!
I listened to the most wonderful radio programme about failure the other day. It featured Anne Enright talking with clear-eyed … More
Teaching paying attention
Lately I have been pondering the practice of paying attention, vis-à-vis my habit of keeping a notebook to capture impressions, … More
Paying attention
Readers of this blog will know I have been thinking a lot about stationery recently. (Actually, that is something of … More
The stationery thing again
My blog post yesterday about the stationery thing provoked more responses than I ever imagined it would. Among the … More
The stationery thing
At the start of each academic year, usually when I have known them for a week or so, I make … More
The real test of a poem
I was very saddened to learn recently of the death of Michael Baldwin, the novelist, poet, writing tutor and former … More
Lifesaving Poems 