Discovering Geoffrey Summerfield’s Worlds

In support of crowdfunding our new anthology of poems, No One You Know, with Unbound, Sue Dymoke and I are … More

Interview with the book

‘Aren’t you going get the phone?’ I say. ‘It won’t be for me.’ With a little groan the book … More

A few weeks ago I was writing in my own blog, the great fogginzo’s cobweb, about the way I … More

The central organising principle of Lifesaving Poems is that each poet is represented by a single poem. There are poets you … More

I first heard Thomas Lux’s poems before I read them. In the autumn of 2000 I was sent a tape … More

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

Groundsmen The pile of cuttings puts on dreadful weight, swelters in the season, and leaks treacle. Beside it, the … More

As I have said before, Geoffrey Summerfield’s Worlds (Penguin, 1974) is one of the most important books of my life. It was … More

Norman MacCaig’s ‘Aunt Julia’ was the first poem I remember reading which made me think ‘I need to do this’. … More