The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More
Tag: Trusting in the Process
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