Lifesaving Poems: the book

Photograph © Bloodaxe Books Ltd I am delighted to announce that my Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts has now become … More

Influence

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

My friend and colleague Anna Craft has died. She was famous -if that is the right word- as a researcher … More

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

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

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

One of the poets I am most looking forward to listening to at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in November is … More

Groundsmen The pile of cuttings puts on dreadful weight, swelters in the season, and leaks treacle. Beside it, the … More

Sugar in Banana Sandwiches ‘Still something of the child in you’ she says. I find that hard to swallow … More

Middle Ages (Translated by Paul Vincent) Folk from the past jostled for a place in the wall with distant … More

Or this one. You arrive at the venue early but there is no one there to greet you. You pace … More

Locus Scolus: The New York School of Poets is a thing of wonder and beauty. Named after a 1914 French novel by Raymond … More

The Sofas, Fogs and Cinemas I have lived it, and lived it, My nervous, luxury civilisation, My sugar-loving nerves … More

I was saddened to hear of the death of Gerard Benson last week. A poet and anthologist, he was probably … More

When Ezra Pound claimed that ‘Poetry is news that stays news’ it is likely he was thinking of Katy Evans-Bush’s Baroque … More

I was asked the other day which poetry blogs I read. Over the next few posts I will be sharing … More

I was at a thing recently. Not my thing, a good thing. Luminosity filled the evening. In the pouring of … More

The Book of Things, Ilhan Berk (Salt, 2009), trs. George Messo Open me anywhere § Slugs Pilot Hi V5, … More