A little taster for you. This is an essay from my forthcoming book Deck Shoes. – I was having … More
Tag: Anthony Wilson
The how of it
I was having a coffee with a new writer friend the other day. Not having known each other for … More
What you read in 2017
Dear Friends Here are the blog posts which you read most often in 2017, according to my WordPress stats: … More
On Not Being Anthony Wilson
On Not Being Anthony Wilson I haven’t always been Anthony Wilson. For a long time I wasn’t even Anthony. … More
Suit. A new poem at Simon Parke’s blog
I am delighted to have Suit, a new poem published on Simon Parke’s blog, in his poem of the week … More
Lifesaving Poems has arrived
Lifesaving Poems has arrived Well, it has finally arrived. The anthology which began life as a blog, which began life as … More
Two new poems at And Other Poems
Two new poems are published today at And Other Poems, curated by Josephine Corcoran. They are Poem Beginning With a … More
Did you miss me?
‘Did you miss me?’ ‘It was only a couple of days.’ ‘Yes, but did you miss me?’ ‘Barely two days.’ … More
A new poem: Sunlight
I am delighted to have a new poem, ‘Sunlight’, for my dear friend Peter Carpenter, published at The Stare’s Nest. … More
A new poem: Some More Strategies for the End of the World
I am delighted to have a new poem, Some More Strategies for the End of the World, published today at … More
Truce
Here is my Christmas poem for 2014. In this anniversary year of the First World War, it commemorates the unofficial … More
Going Against the Flow: Ted Wragg’s last interview
I have been thinking a lot this week about the late Ted Wragg. When I joined the University of Exeter … More
A new poem, ‘S’, from Antiphon Issue 12
I am delighted to be included in Issue Twelve of Antiphon poetry magazine. You can read my new poem, ‘S’, … More
Lyrical
I am delighted to be included in Lyrical, a new anthology of poems with my friends Cole Moreton, Katherine Venn, … More
Lifesaving Poems: the book
Photograph © Bloodaxe Books Ltd I am delighted to announce that my Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts has now become … More
Two tiny poems
The online poetry magazine dedicated to very short poems, Nutshells and Nuggets, has taken two new poems of mine. You … More
The Year of Drinking Water, seven years on (free download)
Seven years ago I published The Year of Drinking Water, a pamphlet of poems, about my experience of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Exeter … More
The power of poetry (free download) #NATEconf
Here are the text and ppt presentations of my NATE Conference 2014 keynote speech on The Power of Poetry. PDF … More
A new poem: Hymn of Rain
Ink Sweat & Tears have published a new poem, ‘Hymn of Rain’. Here’s to another barbecue summer!
This isn’t happening
Don’t forget, this is inside us every day -Stephen Berg This is not happening. It happened. Past tense. One … More
