Awful but cheerful

‘Awful but cheerful’ is the final phrase and line of ‘The Bight‘, by Elizabeth Bishop. I’ve always felt that the … More

Badly-lit

I was at a thing. Very rarely for me, it was my own thing, only my second in front of … More

I thought of it before I knew I had remembered it. Just the word ‘then’. Rereading and searching at speed … More

As I try to hold on to beginner’s mind, I recall the practice of falling in love at a moment’s … More

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

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

Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More

after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind.Write about what you learned at university.Or did not … More

To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More