In search of beginner’s mind

As I come back to this blog, I am looking to try and inhabit what Zen practitioners call beginner’s mind. … More

RIP Jaan Kaplinski

I was very saddened to learn today that the leading Estonian poet Jaan Kaplinski has died, aged 80, of motor … More

The washing never gets done. The furnace never gets heated. Books never get read. Life is never completed. Life … More

There was winter’s cold and moisture in the bedclothes, in the walls and floor, our bodies tired from a … More

Dear Ant Well done for making it to the end of another year and the start of a new one. … More

If you’re not enough without the gold medal, you’ll never be enough with it. – John Candy, Cool Runnings I did not … More

Cups They know us by our lips. They know the proverb about the space between us. Many slip. They … 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