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

In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog … More

One of the privileges of writing this blog is inviting others to write guest blog posts. I have collected these … More

Today is the last day of NaBloPoMo, that month in the year when someone decides it is a nice idea … More

As we draw to the end of NaBloPoMo, I have invited Josephine Corcoran to collaborate with me on a joint-interview. … More

A thought occurred to me as I found myself scribbling in a notebook earlier this morning: I have no idea … More

There I was with my friend, on my second cup of tea. He had just asked me why I do … More

You write a blog post every day since the middle of July. It goes fine. But just as you begin … More