Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More
Tag: Creativity
Summer reading
To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More
The bombed cathedral
One of the touchstones that I would add to those I blogged about last week is a marvellous section from … More
In memory of Harold Budd
Harold Budd, May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020 I am reposting this piece today in memory of Harold Budd, … More
The fear of poetry -by Muriel Rukeyser
The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More
Go well
I have walked into the grief. I have walked into brave space, mine and others’. I have sat in … More
Tired, but
I am tired. Though I write from a place of privilege and of safety, I am tired. Tired of feeling … More
A quiet moment
I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More
Reading and writing resources for young poets
Young Poets’ Stories project update: Today we add a reading resources for young poets page to the Young Poets’ Stories website. … More
Places of hope
Here are some places that I have been visiting recently and derived much comfort from. I hope you enjoy them … More
Goodbye to being a poet
For reasons I cannot go into here, I am finishing 2019 in a tired frame of mind. (I am not … More
Afterwards
Greenbelt Festival, Friday 23rd August Outside, it is a very warm 28º. Inside our tented venue the canvass and stage … More
Kind of to a desk
Thank you to the heroic bloggers and poets Josephine Corcoran and Robin Houghton for their recentish posts about their desks. … More
Where to buy Deck Shoes
I am delighted to announce that my new book of essays Deck Shoes is now on sale. You can buy it direct … More
An interview at Wombwell Rainbow
Paul Brookes at Wombwell Rainbow has posted an interview with me about my reading and writing life, my influences … More
Notebooks are taking over my life
I am love with making notes. I makes notes in the morning, at bedtime, in the private places, in meetings, … More
The Year of Living Deeply 25: Socks
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? You are close at hand yet very far away. So long since I have … More
Against forgetting
I write a lot of things down. In part this is because I no longer remember anything. If I do … More