On not keeping up

Like the man Hemingway describes going bankrupt gradually and then suddenly, I realised the other day that I can no … More

More places of hope

I said here a couple of years ago that Natalie Jabbar’s blog of curated poems each April is like a … More

Here are some links from my archive to keep you going while I summon the energy and wherewithal to get … More

It was one of those throwaway remarks made by one writer, male, to another, ditto, in one of those books … More

Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More

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

Now that we have finally had one in the UK, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices … More

I first met Lawrence Sail at a private view at a gallery just outside Exeter. My family and I … More

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

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More