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Dear Ant So you’ve had your first chemotherapy treatment. That first night, when you came home and carried the sick … More

Teachers’ views of creativity

Teachers’ views of creativity is my new research article exploring poetry writing pedagogy. Here is the Abstract: Discourses of creativity in … More

I treated myself to Seth Godin‘s newish book The Icarus Deception recently. It is both dense and light, profound and easy to … More

Sometimes you do not get a poem, or what a poet is up to, straight away. In the case of … More

Here is a revelation: I did not always adore the work of Frank O’Hara. I had pause to consider why … More

Photo Credit: Tatiana Wilson You make the thing because you love the thing and you love the thing because someone … More

If you write poetry (and I assume that if you do, you are also actively engaged in reading it), sooner … More

‘Whenever I work with people – no matter what their age – I try to run a checklist through my mind: are … More