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

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

In the spring of 1999 I got the best education in poetry I have ever had. I was in Suffolk, … More

Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More