Lifesaving Poems: Sean O’Brien’s ‘Before’

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

Workshopping Settee in Autumn

Settee in Autumn The leaves change colour and fall on the russet settee. Sticky buds are stuck … More

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

I am at a thing. Not a famous thing, but an important one nevertheless. People are there, people you and … More

Lately I have been pondering the practice of paying attention, vis-à-vis my habit of keeping a notebook to capture impressions, … More

One of the most powerful performances on my old Faber cassette tape of Ted Hughes reading his poems is ‘Bride … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

In 2007 Sue Dymoke, Andrew Lambirth and I got together and decided we were going to apply to the ESRC … More

Photo: Derek Adams Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds … More