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

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

Here is a list of the most-read Lifesaving Poems during 2015: Mary Oliver, The Journey UA Fanthorpe, Atlas Ted Hughes, … More

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

‘So you’re not going to write about it?’ ‘I’ve been writing about it for years. Two whole books of it! … More

As I did last year, I will be taking a break from uploading new posts to this blog over August. … More

The central organising principle of Lifesaving Poems is that each poet is represented by a single poem. There are poets you … More

because of the words and because of the books because of the woman in the anorak at the swimming baths … More

Here are the most read Lifesaving Poems of 2014. For the first time I have been able to compare last … More

In preparation for this year’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival I was asked some questions about my blogging by Festival programmer Dean … More

Below is a collection of my blog posts for the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. I will update it as I … More

Someone who knows me very well knocked me sideways with a comment the other day. Remarking on this blog, … More

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems posts in May, 2011. Below is a list of the twenty most popular poems … More

Locus Scolus: The New York School of Poets is a thing of wonder and beauty. Named after a 1914 French novel by Raymond … More

Here are some more of my favourite blogs to read. I have put these together (I love them all) because … More