Here are the blog posts from 2022 that you read most often Lifesaving Lines: The Death of Fred Clifton, by … More
Category: Blogging
More places of hope
I said here a couple of years ago that Natalie Jabbar’s blog of curated poems each April is like a … More
The blank space
Dear Friends Like the closed down (but still creative) shop window of Top Shop I saw on an early morning … More
On ‘Goodbye to being a poet’
Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post talking about my ‘tired frame of mind’ and intention to … More
What you read in 2020
Here are the blog posts that you read most in 2020 As I click through the links I am surprised … More
The most popular lifesaving poems
Earlier this year my Lifesaving Poems blog enjoyed something of a milestone. Not as momentous as Jimmy Anderson taking his … More
Go well
I have walked into the grief. I have walked into brave space, mine and others’. I have sat in … More
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog posts page
In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog … More
A new guest blog posts page
One of the privileges of writing this blog is inviting others to write guest blog posts. I have collected these … 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 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 10 – I have no idea what I’m doing
A thought occurred to me as I found myself scribbling in a notebook earlier this morning: I have no idea … More
#NaBloPoMo 2 – My tribe of one
There I was with my friend, on my second cup of tea. He had just asked me why I do … More
#NaBloPoMo 1 – I am lazy
You write a blog post every day since the middle of July. It goes fine. But just as you begin … More
The most popular Lifesaving Poems of 2015
Here is a list of the most-read Lifesaving Poems during 2015: Mary Oliver, The Journey UA Fanthorpe, Atlas Ted Hughes, … 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
Marking cancer (by not marking it)
‘So you’re not going to write about it?’ ‘I’ve been writing about it for years. Two whole books of it! … More
Guest posts and summer reading
As I did last year, I will be taking a break from uploading new posts to this blog over August. … More