Lifesaving Poems: Tom Raworth’s ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’

As I say in my previous blog post, I owe my knowledge of ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’ to the … More

Lifesaving Poems: Galway Kinnell’s ‘Saint Francis and the Sow’

I have written before that there are a wide range of reasons for including the poems I have in my … More

I have just been asked by Abegail Morley to send her a list of my poetry books of 2012 for … More

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

Yesterday was a good day and a sad say. A good day because Smiths Knoll, the poetry magazine edited by … More

Now that we in Britain have started to think of ourselves as the greatest cycling nation since dinosaurs roamed the … More

Photo: Derek Adams Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds … More