Advent meditation, 2 December 2023

On waiting I grew up in a house where we were not encouraged to talk about our accomplishments. (I blame … More

The Wind and the Rain

I am delighted to announce the publication of The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. Thank you to … More

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

I am lying on the bed staring at the ceiling, detoxing from the day, as I do. ‘You all right?’ … More

‘I’ve got some good news,’ the book says. ‘I’ve just written ten new poems.’ ‘Wow, that’s great,’ I say. ‘Are … More

‘I’m depressed,’ the book says. ‘We can’t both be depressed,’ I say. ‘One of us needs to function.’ ‘Well it’s not … More

‘How’s it going then?’ ‘What going?’ ‘Your ‘New Book’,’ says the book. ‘Fine, thanks,’ I say. ‘No early difficulties with … More

The adventures of the book have now clocked up fifty blog posts. Here is a list of all of them, … More

Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotyzing yourself and going over the … More

‘Hullo!’ says the book. ‘Have we been introduced?’ I say. ‘I’m your new book!’ ‘But I haven’t finished the last … More

This blog would be nothing without its readers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, made a comment or a … More

A friend recently asked me if I was writing. I replied, as I always do, saying that it was going … More

As I did last year, I will be taking a break from uploading new posts to this blog over August. … More

How I put The Art of Falling together In May 2012 my first pamphlet If We Could Speak Like Wolves … More

Artwork by Angus Joseph Alongside each poem in Lifesaving Poems is a short commentary about how I came across … More

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

For those of you who have been enjoying my series of adventures with ‘the book’, here is a free eBook … More

‘You’re late,’ the new book says. It is seated at my desk, sleeves rolled up, a mug of steaming coffee … More