On a failure

Here is a story about a recent failure of mine. It all started with an idea, which I knew, just … More

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

With my friend and colleague Sue Dymoke I am delighted to announce the launch of No One You Know a new project … More

I am grateful to Victoria Field of NAWE for reviewing Lifesaving Poems in the current edition of Writing in Education. You can download … More

As I have said before, there wasn’t a plan. Which does not mean I don’t feel the luckiest man alive … More

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

Photograph © Bloodaxe Books Ltd I am delighted to announce that my Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts has now become … More

Yesterday I wrote here about poets disappearing. Partly this came to mind via news of Salt’s decision to discontinue publishing … More

I I first came across e e cummings’s ‘in Just’ in an anthology, Wordscapes, edited by Barry Maybury (OUP, 1971). … More