Next month I will publish my sixth collection of poems, The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. I … More
Category: Writing
Launching The Wind and the Rain
I am delighted to announce that I will be launching my new collection, The Wind and the Rain, published by … More
Advent meditation 3
This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More
The Wind and the Rain – due in June 2023
I’m delighted to announce that The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, will be published with Blue … More
The Kevin Jackson Award
I was privileged to meet and work with the late writer and critic Kevin Jackson in 2011. We tutored a … More
Not much
What’s been happening? Well, not much. Which is another, deflecting, way of saying quite a lot, actually. So much that … More
A new review of Riddance… from 2013
A huge thank you to Ken Head and Helen Ivory at Ink Sweat & Tears for this review of Riddance … More
John Foggin’s review of The Afterlife
John Foggin has been kind enough to review The Afterlife on his blog. You can read the full review here. … More
Lifesaving Lines: The Bluet, by James Schuyler
On a spring day as far from ‘late in dour October’ it would be harder to imagine, James Schuyler’s The … More
Book news for 2023
I am delighted to announce that Blue Diode have accepted my new poetry manuscript and will publish my sixth collection, … More
Lifesaving Lines: Stone, I Presume, by Ian Mcmillan
For several weeks before Christmas I had these words from Ian McMillan’s peerless ‘Stone, I Presume’ rattling around my head. … More
Not exactly good riddance
Just a few hours left of 2021. Time to reflect on what this year has been. Until a week or … More
Lifesaving Lines
Thank you to everyone who has commented to me either publicly or in private about my new series of blog … More
Lifesaving Lines: The Day After, by Michael Laskey
The line that’s been buzzing round my head this week is the final phrase from Michael Laskey’s miracle poem of … More
Who are we serving?
One of the great joys for me this summer was being able to get back to Greenbelt, a festival of … More
In search of beginner’s mind
As I come back to this blog, I am looking to try and inhabit what Zen practitioners call beginner’s mind. … More
Some new poems
I am delighted to announce the publication of some new poems, which you can find at the links below. Having … More
A list of found poems
Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More