Advent Poems 5: Final Notations, by Adrienne Rich

Final Notations   it will not be simple, it will not be long it will take little time, it will … More

Craving silence

‘So I was thinking,’ the book says. ‘Going anywhere nice for Christmas?’ ’Do you want a lift somewhere?’ I say. … More

UCU Strike Poems 12 – Diving into the Wreck, by Adrienne Rich

Diving into the Wreck First having read the book of myths, and loaded the camera, and checked the edge of … More

#NaBloPoMo 17 – Coffee? (meditation on a blog post by Josephine Corcoran)

If you came round for coffee these days you’d be offered decaff. Doctor’s orders, I’d say. And against my better … More

Some found poems

Recently I have featured prose writing by various writers, reshaping them in the form of found poems. Annie Dillard on … More

One of the great functions of art -by Adrienne Rich

  One of the great functions                          of art is to help … More

It’s not about you, it’s me: on saying goodbye to Twitter

What I want is to – to be present. That’s what I’ve learned. I want to strive for presence, now, … More

Adrienne Rich’s ‘In the Wake of Home’

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

Lifesaving Poems: Adrienne Rich’s ‘In the Wake of Home’

In 1991 I made the decision to teach part-time so that I could put poetry more at the centre of … More