Lifesaving Poems: Galway Kinnell’s ‘Saint Francis and the Sow’

I have written before that there are a wide range of reasons for including the poems I have in my … More

Lifesaving Poems: Raymond Carver’s ‘Prosser’

I first read ‘Prosser’ in the bookshop in Northwood, where I grew up, on my way into work and back … More

Everything is Going to be All Right How should I not be glad to contemplatethe clouds clearing beyond the dormer … More

I have just come back from the Greenbelt Festival where I was delighted to give a talk about writing poetry … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More