When one poet rescues another poet

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

When one poet rescues another poet

When one poet rescues another poet

I came across Hubert Moore’s fantastic book of poems The Hearing Room (Shoetstring, 2006) via my friend and neighbour Lawrence Sail. In … More

Lifesaving Poems: Peter Carpenter’s ‘Nightwatchman’

Lifesaving Poems: Peter Carpenter’s ‘Nightwatchman’

I met Peter Carpenter in the summer of 2001 at the Arvon Foundation’s Totleigh Barton writing centre. I was at … More