‘Listening to the cricket again?’ says the book. ‘I think I’ll join you.’ ‘What do you mean, ‘again’?’ I say. … More
Tag: Being a Poet
Hugo Williams
In the summer of 1986, when he was poetry editor of New Statesman and not long after Writing Home had … More
The next book
‘That thing you mentioned the other day,’ the book says. ‘Is it true?’ ‘What thing?’ I say. ‘About there being … More
The ambition thing
‘How have you been?’ says the book. ‘Fine,’ I say. ‘You?’ ‘Tired,’ says the book. ‘I’m tired.’ ‘Me too,’ I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tania Hershman’s ‘By Any Other Name’
By Any Other Name First, he called her My Little Aubergine as if she was … More
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On silence, by Jorie Graham
I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to … More
Guest blog post: Alice Major by Katherine Venn
I am delighted to welcome Katherine Venn to continue our series on overlooked poets. Alice Major Alice Major, decorated author … More
My stats
This isn’t about numbers, but my relationship with them. It isn’t about giving you a figure. (By the time you … More
Slow Weather -a new poem
I am delighted to have Slow Weather, a new poem published at London Grip New Poetry
On not having cancer
On certain afternoons I am certain it has come back. A twinge in my right side, where the pain … More
Lost poem
I had begun the poem after work one day, on a pad of work-related notes. Get in, get out, I … More
Pencil
I am returning to the pencil. The premise of which remark signifies consciousness that at some point I left the … More
Kenneth Koch on the New York poets
Being together so much and talking so much and writing poems and showing them to each other so much … More
Guest blog post: Andrew Waterhouse and the seventh syllable, by Helena Nelson
I am delighted to welcome Helena Nelson to continue our series on overlooked poets. Andrew Waterhouse and the Seventh … More
Peter Bourke
In 1991 we moved to a house in Brixton, south London. Of all our welcomes, that of our neighbour, … More
Laskey
Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read … More
Living and breathing Arvon
‘I’ve been at the field.’ This, spoken by one of the teachers on last week’s writing residential at Totleigh … More
