She started as a name. There I was, following my nose, minding my own business, trying to ignore all instincts … More
Category: Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Lifesaving Poems: Ted Kooser’s ‘A Rainy Morning’
A Rainy Morning A young woman in a wheelchair, wearing a black nylon poncho spattered with rain, is pushing … More
Laskey
Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read … More
Guest blog post: On moving on, by Dean Parkin
I have been sorting. I have been chucking. It’s been the recurring theme over the last eighteen months. I cleared … More
What you read in 2015
This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More
Aldeburgh going
‘Which is why Aldeburgh going is such a disaster. It took years to achieve what they did, years. Of slog, … More
Guest blog post: Endings and Legacies, by Naomi Jaffa
In terms of my poetry world, 2015 has turned out to be a year of endings and legacies. The Poetry … More
Naomi Jaffa on the legacy of The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
Don’t miss tomorrow’s guest blog post by Naomi Jaffa, in which she reminisces about two of her favourite poets from … More
Why do it?
because of the words and because of the books because of the woman in the anorak at the swimming baths … More
