Lifesaving Poems: Craig Raine’s ‘Heaven on Earth’

Heaven on Earth Now that it is night, you fetch the wash from outer space, from the frozen … More

Lifesaving Poems: Boris Pasternak’s ‘Hamlet’

Hamlet The buzz subsides. I have come on stage. Leaning in an open door I try to detect from … More

I found two blog posts especially moving in the aftermath of last week’s attacks in Paris, both by the same … More

The Burning Of The Houses Tottenham is on fire and I work in an arts centre where the sky is … More

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

During the Christmas period I am reposting some old posts from my archive. Wishing all my readers a very happy … More

During the Christmas period I am reposting some old posts from my archive. Wishing all my readers a very happy … More

During the Christmas period I am reposting some old posts from my archive. Wishing all my readers a very happy … More

In preparation for this year’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival I was asked some questions about my blogging by Festival programmer Dean … More

The Burning Of The Houses Tottenham is on fire and I work in an arts centre where the sky is … More

I have been asked to judge a thing. A good thing. A serious thing. (But this isn’t about that. We … More

I first heard Thomas Lux’s poems before I read them. In the autumn of 2000 I was sent a tape … More

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

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

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

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems posts in May, 2011. Below is a list of the twenty most popular poems … More

Here are the text and ppt presentations of my NATE Conference 2014 keynote speech on The Power of Poetry. PDF … More

Now that we have finally had one in the UK, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices … More