Carole Satyamurti’s eyes

I pinched myself to be there. God knows how I got invited. I can’t remember. Perhaps I invited myself. Poets … More

On having my books in one room

It felt like a good idea at the time. A way to pass lockdown, of trying to ignore the grief … More

It was going to be great. I wrote it more than seven years ago, in two bursts after work with … More

I’ve been thinking of Anne Lamott’s line in Bird by Bird recently, where she talks about the writing life not … More

Thank you to Chrissy Williams for contributing the stunning opening of her poetic response to James Schuyler’s ‘Hymn to Life’, … More

I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I used to, but not any more. It’s not that I don’t want to … More

Thank you to Tamar Yoseloff for contributing this fourth post in celebration of James Schuyler’s centenary. In Paris last year, … More

On publishing This year I published a book of poems. It is about grief, love and anger. It seems to … More

On waiting I grew up in a house where we were not encouraged to talk about our accomplishments. (I blame … More

Thank you to Pam Thompson for contributing this third post in celebration of James Schuyler’s centenary. James Marcus Schuyler was … More

Thank you to William Johnson for contributing his insightful reading of James Schuyler’s poem ‘The Crystal Lithium’, the second in … More

My dear friend and colleague, the poet, teacher and academic Sue Dymoke has died. Though she had been ill for … More

I am delighted to announce the publication of The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. Thank you to … More

Next month I will publish my sixth collection of poems, The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. I … More

I am delighted to announce that I will be launching my new collection, The Wind and the Rain, published by … More

Open call for guest blog posts celebrating the life and work of James Schuyler This November, we celebrate the centenary … More

I once heard a senior British poet warming to a riff during a reading on the topic of the acknowledgements … More

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More