This was a good week

Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from … More

Tired, but

I am tired. Though I write from a place of privilege and of safety, I am tired. Tired of feeling … More

Here are some places that I have been visiting recently and derived much comfort from. I hope you enjoy … More

After what feels like a very long wait since the publication of Riddance in 2012, I am delighted to be publishing … More

After what feels like a very long wait since the publication of Riddance in 2012, I am delighted to be publishing … More

A passerby comes up to my group and hands us a brown paper bag. ‘It’s full of flat whites,’ she … More

Aesthetics of Creating Something This doesn’t just happen: It happens to you. Kenneth Koch, from One Train, p.64 ∞ ‘Even … More

Blind panic when the anthology I am in arrives. The hunt, ever more despairing, for my poem, certain that they … More

Two successes I can claim as a parent: they both love music and football (even if one of them supports … More