In February, 1999 I was sitting in a car park with Naomi Jaffa when she asked me what I … More
Category: Naomi Jaffa
The Top 20 Lifesaving Poems
I began writing the Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts in May 2010. The idea was to celebrate the poems that I … More
Lifesaving Poems: CK Williams’s ‘Kin’
In the spring of 1999 I got the best education in poetry I have ever had. I was in Suffolk, … More
Lifesaving Poems: Naomi Jaffa’s ‘Some of the Usual’
The first thing I do when a new copy of The North, Rialto or Smiths Knoll lands on the doormat … More
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