Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More
Tag: Trusting in the Process
The fear of poetry -by Muriel Rukeyser
The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More
A beautiful thing
‘Hello,’ says the book. ‘I’ve missed you.’ ‘I’ve missed you, too,’ I say. I look at the book for a … More
Kind of to a desk
Thank you to the heroic bloggers and poets Josephine Corcoran and Robin Houghton for their recentish posts about their desks. … More
In service of silence
Shute Festival, 13 September, St Michael’s Church The audience in pews. September sunlight and warmth still in the air, light … More
An interview at Wombwell Rainbow
Paul Brookes at Wombwell Rainbow has posted an interview with me about my reading and writing life, my influences … More
Against forgetting
I write a lot of things down. In part this is because I no longer remember anything. If I do … More
The how of it
A little taster for you. This is an essay from my forthcoming book Deck Shoes. – I was having … More
The Afterlife has arrived
– –for Peter and Amanda Carpenter Yesterday a miraculous thing happened. I took delivery of a box containing copies … More
A list of found poems
As the holiday season continues I repost this list of various found poems that I have made over the … More
Writing in the gaps
There isn’t much left to be done. The proof reading, the book blurbs (they take longer than the poems), the … More
Poems from The Afterlife
After what feels like a very long wait since the publication of Riddance in 2012, I am delighted to be publishing … More
Deck shoes and other enthusiasms
Some of you will have seen this blog post before. It is a taster of some of the contents … More
The possibility of shatter
I think I am done. I think. I think, therefore I am done? I think I am. No doubt there … More
The Wacky Races
When Riddance came out in 2012 people said some very nice and kind things about it. But that is not … More
Proof(s)
I have been doing the proofs to my new books. And I am scared. Scared that I have got it … More
Open letter to James Schuyler
Dear James (may I call you James?) Though it’s been a while (at least ten years, maybe more) it feels as … More
The Year of Living Deeply 10: A week without –
I have just started reading Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life. Like those other classics … More