Today is Saturday, and as with other Saturdays this Lent I am reposting a favourite blog post from my archive. … More
Tag: The Rialto
Lifesaving Poems: Ann Gray’s ‘mercifully ordain that we may become aged together’
It was such a privilege to read from the cornucopia of talent assembled in Lifesaving Poems at the Greenbelt Festival over … More
Guest blog post: Andrew Waterhouse and the seventh syllable, by Helena Nelson
I am delighted to welcome Helena Nelson to continue our series on overlooked poets. Andrew Waterhouse and the Seventh … More
Guest blog post: On moving on, by Dean Parkin
I have been sorting. I have been chucking. It’s been the recurring theme over the last eighteen months. I cleared … More
Lifesaving Poems: Kath McKay’s Father’s Day 1970
Father’s Day 1970 This is the day my father lets us sleep, then brings us tea in bed. The sun … More
Lifesaving Poems: Naomi Jaffa’s ‘Some of the Usual’
The first thing I do when a new copy of The North, Rialto or Smiths Knoll lands on the doormat … More
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