I am at a thing. Canals are there. Sunlight on them, the last tourists, a shifting of the seasons. ‘Soon … More
Category: Poetry Exhaustion
Why do it?
because of the words and because of the books because of the woman in the anorak at the swimming baths … More
Poetry highlights of 2014
I have so much to be grateful for in 2014. The year began in one of my temporary fits … More
When one poet rescues another poet
I came across Hubert Moore’s fantastic book of poems The Hearing Room (Shoetstring, 2006) via my friend and neighbour Lawrence Sail. In … More
On disappearing
I wrote recently about poets who disappear from view, specifically Susannah Amoore, from Faber’s Poetry Introduction 6. My point is far … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tom Raworth’s ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’
8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970poemTom Raworth (from Jumpstart, ed. Cliff Yates, Poetry Society, 1999) As I say in my previous blog post, … More
Foal Failure
I first came across ‘Birth of the Foal’ at the recommendation of the great Cliff Yates. He told me he’d been … More
Lifesaving Poems: George Messo’s ‘The Beautiful Apartments’
The Beautiful ApartmentsThe thought working its way towards the light.-Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1946In the empty blockacross the lake from hereyou notice … More
Lifesaving Poems 