A Blessing in Disguise

A Blessing in Disguise Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive … More

Lifesaving poems of summer

As the summer holiday season takes hold, I am posting an old blog post or two from the archive. See … More

Readers of this blog will know that I make a list at the end of each year showing the most … More

Now that we might finally be getting one, I found myself wondering recently how many of my Lifesaving Poems choices were about … More

I have given myself the afternoon off. I have sat for hours in good faith at my desk, all in … More

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

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

I began writing the Lifesaving Poems series of blog posts in May 2010. The idea was to celebrate the poems that I … More

Above the desk where I am writing this is a shelf on which sits more than a yard of poetry … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More