Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog posts page

In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog … More

What you read in 2015

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

One of the great joys of writing this blog in the last year has been to invite some of my … More

As I did last year, I will be taking a break from uploading new posts to this blog over August. … More

This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by writers I admire. Having enjoyed speaking and reading … More

I have so much to be grateful for in 2014. The year began in one of my temporary fits … More

Dan O’Brien began by saying he wasn’t really a poet, but a ‘moonlighting playwright’. Selima Hill took out her glasses, … More

Everyone who enters the stage begins by saying thank you * That silence * Mostly nearly all the time * … More

By the time you read this I will be far away from here. It has not happened yet, but I … More

Medicine The black hair of my Chinese doctor gleams like combed ink as he leans over his desk, with quick … More

The other day I was asked what I look for in poetry. Needing to give a quick answer I said: I … More

Below is a collection of my blog posts for the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. I will update it as I … More

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost … More