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Tag: Poets
Advent Poems 4: A Little Bit About the Soul, by Wisława Szymborska
A Little Bit About the Soul A soul is something we have every now and then.Nobody has one all the … More
Advent Poems 3: In a Time of Peace, by Ilya Kaminsky
In a Time of Peace Inhabitant of earth for fortysomething yearsI once found myself in a peaceful country. I … More
Advent poems 2: Old Folks Laugh, by Maya Angelou
Old Folks Laugh They have spent theircontent of simpering,holding their lips thisand that way, windingthe lines betweentheir brows. Old folksallow … More
Advent poems 1: Annunciation, by Gillian Allnutt
Annunciation I was alone at the well.I was doused in shadow and in deed.My yoke lay on the ground, … More
A beautiful thing
‘Hello,’ says the book. ‘I’ve missed you.’ ‘I’ve missed you, too,’ I say. I look at the book for a … More
Kind of to a desk
Thank you to the heroic bloggers and poets Josephine Corcoran and Robin Houghton for their recentish posts about their desks. … More
Workshopping Settee in Autumn
Settee in Autumn The leaves change colour and fallon the russet settee. Sticky buds are stuckdown the back of the … More
An interview at Wombwell Rainbow
Paul Brookes at Wombwell Rainbow has posted an interview with me about my reading and writing life, my influences … More
‘Clear of the wheel of myself’: Workshopping Michael Laskey’s ‘Bike’
Bike You, who have borne three sonsof mine, still bear my weightroutinely, transporting me. An odd pair: your classic … More
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog posts page
In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog … More
A new guest blog posts page
One of the privileges of writing this blog is inviting others to write guest blog posts. I have collected these … More
The how of it
A little taster for you. This is an essay from my forthcoming book Deck Shoes. – I was having … More
A list of found poems
As the holiday season continues I repost this list of various found poems that I have made over the … More
Writing in the gaps
There isn’t much left to be done. The proof reading, the book blurbs (they take longer than the poems), the … More
Poems from The Afterlife
After what feels like a very long wait since the publication of Riddance in 2012, I am delighted to be publishing … More
The Wacky Races
When Riddance came out in 2012 people said some very nice and kind things about it. But that is not … More
Proof(s)
I have been doing the proofs to my new books. And I am scared. Scared that I have got it … More
