Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay) (LentBlog29)

after Shawna Lemay   Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind. Write about what you learned at university. … More

Doing a Likely Lads (LentBlog19)

Lying awake last night wondering what had become of Theresa May’s deal in Parliament it suddenly occurred to me that … More

The Year of of Living Deeply

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#NaBloPoMo 9 – From the archives: The blogs I read (1)

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

This divine breath, by Johann Herder

  A breath of our mouth Becomes the portrait of the world, The type of our thoughts And our feelings … More

A book into which everything can go, by Thomas Merton

It is necessary to write a book in which there will be a little less of the first person singular, … 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

Guest blog post: Poetry and Work, by Shawna Lemay

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

This may not work

Since I decided to leave Twitter and abscond from Facebook I have been reminded of some of the guiding principles … More

The blogs I read (1)

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