Guest blog post: Endings and Legacies, by Naomi Jaffa

In terms of my poetry world, 2015 has turned out to be a year of endings and legacies. The Poetry … More

To my fearless guest bloggers

One of the great joys of writing this blog in the last year has been to invite some of my … More

Anthony often writes that he is ‘at a Thing.’ I go to Things all the time. Poetry World is full … More

Dear Michael I picked up your book the other day and wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying … More

It’s complicated. There I am in the bookshop, the one we all love, looking for a book. No one is … More

I am grateful to Victoria Field of NAWE for reviewing Lifesaving Poems in the current edition of Writing in Education. You can download … More

Teachers’ words should not be ‘How to write’ but ‘How to try to say what you really mean’ – which … More

‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as … More

The value of poetry is that it should matter … first to the writer and then to the reader. Michael … More

‘80% of success is showing up.’ -Woody Allen I was chatting with a student the other day when I said … More

Poetry and Work I recently took out a book via Interlibrary loan called, The Mind at Work: Valuing the … More

The Soho Hospital for Woman (IV) I am out in the supermarket choosing – this very afternoon, this day … More

During the mad phase, when everything was a tweet or a share or a retweet, one of my favourite discoveries … More

A few weeks ago I was writing in my own blog, the great fogginzo’s cobweb, about the way I … More

Goulash A crucial ingredient is the right frame of mind so abandon all ideas of getting on. Stop pedalling, dismount, … More

The afternoon was drawing to a close when I knew I had hit the wall. On its own terms there … More

After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard East of me, west of me, full summer. … More

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