Open letter: in memory of Janet Fisher

And though I only met you once, your influence on me is massive, or should that be was I don’t … More

Dark horses: 21 Lifesaving Poems which should be better known

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

Mark Doty had it. And John Hartley Williams. And Esther Morgan. And Roy Blackman, introducing Mark Doty talking about Whitman. … More

I first had the pleasure of reading this remarkable and delightful poem by Janet Fisher in 2001 in the company of a … More

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