Leaving the house

We have left the house. At first our walking is clumsy, comical, even. The book is three yards ahead of … More

On Discovering My Voice

I am at a thing. Canals are there. Sunlight on them, the last tourists, a shifting of the seasons. ‘Soon … More

Though you may disappear, you’re not forgotten here And I will say to you, I will do what I can … More

The book and I are passing each other messages through a third party. Neither of us bothers with the niceties … More

Nine years ago today I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells. Even though I have … More

Days Each one is a gift, no doubt, mysteriously placed in your waking hand or set upon your forehead moments … More

I am visiting the book. We have already been through a lot together, including the part where I killed it and … More

The Secret Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry. I who don’t know the … More

Dear Arthur Frank I’m writing to say thank you for your extraordinary book At the Will of the Body. It is … More

Cut through to what happens when you listen. Cut through to making it happen, listening for it, failing, then doing … More

Dear Ant Looking forward to 2015 it’s tempting to think it will never reach the heights of 2014. Big mistake. Huge. … More

Here are the most read Lifesaving Poems of 2014. For the first time I have been able to compare last … More

Ellen Doré Watson was a new name to me until recently. ‘Be Here First ‘ is a good example of … More

Reading Thomas Lux’s magnificent new Selected Poems reminded me recently that I first heard his poems before I read them. One of … More

Well, it’s happening. Happened, I mean. Stuff I thought would last forever -film titles, the actors in them, scenes of … More

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

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

I am driving to a thing. Not a famous thing, an out of the way thing. A classroom, perhaps. … More