This was Canada

I was listening to Radio 4 the other day. (You might think this unremarkable, but it was. I still have … More

The jump

But at some point you have to make the jump. How does this work in practice? First I am struck … More

The occupational hazard of going to things where other writers are also present is that they will always at some … More

I can’t write poems in recent weeks either. It’s not the first time it’s happened. And it’s not worth going … More

Photo credit: Andrew Rumsey This, from a person I have met a handful of times, our dogs nosing each other … More

Somewhere right at the beginning of all this, before the internet, when everything was scarce, not least poetry, a word … More

I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I used to, but not any more. It’s not that I don’t want to … More

Thank you to Tamar Yoseloff for contributing this fourth post in celebration of James Schuyler’s centenary. In Paris last year, … More

On publishing This year I published a book of poems. It is about grief, love and anger. It seems to … More

On waiting I grew up in a house where we were not encouraged to talk about our accomplishments. (I blame … More

Thank you to Pam Thompson for contributing this third post in celebration of James Schuyler’s centenary. James Marcus Schuyler was … More

My dear friend and colleague, the poet, teacher and academic Sue Dymoke has died. Though she had been ill for … More

Next month I will publish my sixth collection of poems, The Wind and the Rain, with Blue Diode Publishing. I … More

I am delighted to announce that I will be launching my new collection, The Wind and the Rain, published by … More

Open call for guest blog posts celebrating the life and work of James Schuyler This November, we celebrate the centenary … More

I once heard a senior British poet warming to a riff during a reading on the topic of the acknowledgements … More

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

I’m delighted to announce that The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, will be published with Blue … More