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

Shute Festival, 13 September, St Michael’s Church The audience in pews. September sunlight and warmth still in the air, light … More

Paul Brookes at Wombwell Rainbow has posted an interview with me about my reading and writing life, my influences … More

I write a lot of things down. In part this is because I no longer remember anything. If I do … More

A little taster for you. This is an essay from my forthcoming book Deck Shoes. – I was having … More

– –for Peter and Amanda Carpenter Yesterday a miraculous thing happened. I took delivery of a box containing copies … More

As the holiday season continues I repost this list of various found poems that I have made over the … More

There isn’t much left to be done. The proof reading, the book blurbs (they take longer than the poems), the … More

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

Some of you will have seen this blog post before. It is a taster of some of the contents … More

I think I am done. I think. I think, therefore I am done? I think I am. No doubt there … More

When Riddance came out in 2012 people said some very nice and kind things about it. But that is not … More

I have been doing the proofs to my new books. And I am scared. Scared that I have got it … More

Dear James (may I call you James?) Though it’s been a while (at least ten years, maybe more) it feels as … More

I have just started reading Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life. Like those other classics … More

After Charles Wright Strives for perfection-Thursday Is begun day after votings Old envelope from the hospital) Will … More

I am not sure how this is going to turn out. It was something somebody said in response to my … More

I am delighted to be publishing Deck Shoes, a book of enthusiasms, influences and memoir, with Impress Books, next year. … More

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

‘Do you mind if I ask you a question?’ the book says. ‘Why are you wearing my slippers?’ I say. … More