A huge thank you to Ken Head and Helen Ivory at Ink Sweat & Tears for this review of Riddance … More
Tag: Cancer Poetry
Dear Cancer
Dear Cancer It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Fifteen years, to be precise. To the day. Amazing to realise it … More
What is a lifesaving poem?
Tomorrow I will be taking part at the Wenlock Poetry Festival in an event with Roz Goddard. We will be … More
Beverly Rycroft’s missing
The other day I was asked what I look for in poetry. Needing to give a quick answer I said: I … More
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Blog Posts
Below is a collection of my blog posts for the 2014 Aldeburgh Poetry Festival. I will update it as I … 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
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
Cancer patients’ reviews of Riddance
Riddance has been reviewed by cancer patients, and former patients, under the aegis of Macmillan Cancer Support. You can find out … More
On not being grateful for cancer
An old friend of mine wrote to me the other day, out of the blue, to tell me about … More
An interview: Putting Words to Cancer
Thank you to Julia McGuinness for posting this interview with me on her Creative Connections blog. In it I discuss … More
Lifesaving Poems: Alison Mosquera’s ‘Tamoxifen’
Earlier this year I ran a Poetry School course about poetry and health called Written on the Body. It was … More
Review of Love for Now and Riddance
Tomorrow the Church Times publishes a combined review of my memoir of cancer Love for Now and Riddance, my … More