Poets in the audience

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

The burnt horizon

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

Though I am reading from it, the book is nowhere to be seen. As well as normal people, some poets … More

I have finished the thing. People come up to me to say things. It seems to have gone well. While … More

I am at a thing. It is my thing, contributing to the thing of others, who I do not know. … More

Or this one. You arrive at the venue early but there is no one there to greet you. You pace … More

I was at a thing recently. Not my thing, a good thing. Luminosity filled the evening. In the pouring of … More

I am at a thing. It is not my thing, it is someone else’s thing. Poets are there. People I … More

I am at a thing. I have been asked to read a couple of poems. It is not my thing, … More

You’re at a reading, to support a friend. It is not going well. Not your friend, who is quietly stealing … More

The Little Snoring Poetry Group have written to you asking if you would come and read to them some of … More

I once heard Andrew Motion give a poetry reading at a day-conference for teachers, writers and writers in education. There … More

I get to the reading on time. I find a place near the front, so I can get to the … More