I can’t be alone in experiencing the coronavirus crisis and resulting lockdown as something of an infringement on my … More
Tag: Silence
Afterwards
Greenbelt Festival, Friday 23rd August Outside, it is a very warm 28º. Inside our tented venue the canvass and stage … More
On nearly going back to Twitter
I nearly went back on Twitter the other day. Not once, but several times. One of my very lovely relatives … More
The recess (LentBlog35)
As we get to the business end of Lent, in the week the church still names Holy, I have been … More
A week off (LentBlog18)
I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More
The dividend (LentBlog14)
Having left FB a week or two ago and quickly decided before I could persuade myself to do otherwise to … More
The Year of Living Deeply 9: Goodbye Facebook, it’s (not really) been real
Dear Facebook I thought I would write to let you know that after years of thinking (and even talking) … More
Blue: What 2018 has taught me
‘What have you learned, do you think?’ the book says. ‘Do you mind, I’m trying to have a bath!’ ‘Now … More
On silence, by Jorie Graham
I think I am probably in love with silence, that other world. And that I write, in some way, to … More
After the thing
I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More
Being Very Funny on Twitter
Nothing much is happening. The book has gone out for the evening, leaving me alone, with, well, just me. I … More
Lifesaving Poems: Denise Levertov’s ‘The Secret’
The Secret Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry. I who don’t know the … More
New Year letter
Dear Ant Looking forward to 2015 it’s tempting to think it will never reach the heights of 2014. Big mistake. Huge. … More
Aldeburgh and silence
Mark Doty had it. And John Hartley Williams. And Esther Morgan. And Roy Blackman, introducing Mark Doty talking about Whitman. … More
Don’t clap
I once heard Andrew Motion give a poetry reading at a day-conference for teachers, writers and writers in education. There … More
I Am Not I
I Am Not I I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not … More
Lifesaving Poems: Rose Cook’s ‘A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life’
A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life This is a poem for someonewho is juggling her life.Be still … More
Writing and Silence
Originally posted on Anthony Wilson:
I love the silence that descends on a classroom full of people who are all engaged…