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Tag: Writing Poems

Book news for 2023

I am delighted to announce that Blue Diode have accepted my new poetry manuscript and will publish my sixth collection, … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Blue Diode Press, Poems, Poetry, Poets, The Wind and the Rain, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Lifesaving Lines: Stone, I Presume, by Ian Mcmillan

For several weeks before Christmas I had these words from Ian McMillan’s peerless ‘Stone, I Presume’ rattling around my head. … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Frank O'Hara, Ian McMillan, Lifesaving Poems, Martin Stannard, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Reading Poetry, Writing Poems

Lifesaving Lines

Thank you to everyone who has commented to me either publicly or in private about my new series of blog … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Cancer, Dementia, Life Lessons, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Shawna Lemay, Stationery, The Afterlife, Writing Poems

Lifesaving Lines: Fosterage, by Seamus Heaney

I was very saddened to hear of the death of Brendan Kennelly this week. He had been a long-standing presence … More

Being a Poet, Brendan Kennelly, Exposure, Michael McLaverty, Reading Poetry, Seamus Heaney, Singing School, Social Media, Writing Poems

Lifesaving Lines: The Gift, by Brendan Kennelly

I was at a thing. Very rarely for me, it was my own thing, only my second in front of … More

Being a Poet, Brendan Kennelly, Cancer, Life Lessons, Nils Frahm, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Readings, Poets, Reading Poetry, Remission and Cancer, Stationery, The Gift, Writing Poems

Who are we serving?

One of the great joys for me this summer was being able to get back to Greenbelt, a festival of … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Greenbelt, Natalie Goldberg, Poems, Poetry, Roger Robinson, Writing Poems

In search of beginner’s mind

As I come back to this blog, I am looking to try and inhabit what Zen practitioners call beginner’s mind. … More

Being a Poet, Jaan Kaplinski, mindfulness, Natalie Goldberg, Poems, Poets, Reading Poetry, Writing Poems

Some new poems

I am delighted to announce the publication of some new poems, which you can find at the links below. Having … More

Being a Poet, New Poems, Poems, Poetry, Writing, Writing Poems

A list of found poems

Here is a list of various found poems that I have made over the years. Happy holiday reading and looking … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Creativity, Found Poems, Life Lessons, Lifesaving Poetry, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Presence, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Trusting in the Process, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process

Lone wolf

I am deeply grateful to Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie at The Friday Poem for taking a new poem of … More

Being a Poet, Mental Health, Poems, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry

Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay)

after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind.Write about what you learned at university.Or did not … More

Asking, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Lifesaving Poems, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Shawna Lemay, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Process, Writing Prompts

Summer reading

To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I … More

Being a Poet, Cancer, Creativity, Life Lessons, Mental Health, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Remission, Writing, Writing Poems

Head. Space.

As the book might say, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? As the book also might say, I have been … More

Aphex Twin, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Music, Natalie Jabbar, Shawna Lemay, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Process, Young Poets’ Stories

The blank space

Dear Friends Like the closed down (but still creative) shop window of Top Shop I saw on an early morning … More

Being a Blogger, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Blogging, Grief, Lifesaving Poems, Reading Poetry, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Process

The bombed cathedral

One of the touchstones that I would add to those I blogged about last week is a marvellous section from … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Charles Spurrier, Creativity, Dean Young, The Art of Recklessness, Writing, Writing Poems, Writing Practice, Writing Process

Leap before you look

The problem with having had the gleam is that for it to mean anything, work has to ensue. I hate … More

Anne Lamott, Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Cliff Yates, DBC Pierre, Writing, Writing a book of poems, Writing Poems, Writing Process

The gleam

When someone asks me am I working on something, I never really know what to say. I want to answer … More

Being a Poet, Being a Writer, Being Creative, Dani Shapiro, Joan Didion, Still Writing, Writing, Writing Poems

Praise the Rain

Praise the Rain Praise the rain; the seagull diveThe curl of plant, the raven talk—Praise the hurt, the house slackThe … More

Adam Zagajewski, Joy Harjo, Michael Laskey, Poems, Poetry, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Writing Poems, Writing Poetry, Writing Workshops

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