One of the privileges of writing this blog is inviting others to write guest blog posts. I have collected these … More
Tag: Writing Poetry
Against forgetting
I write a lot of things down. In part this is because I no longer remember anything. If I do … 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
August, by Tove Jansson
As the summer holidays take over I am re-posting the odd blog post from my archive. To celebrate the start … More
Writing in the gaps
There isn’t much left to be done. The proof reading, the book blurbs (they take longer than the poems), the … More
Poems from The Afterlife
After what feels like a very long wait since the publication of Riddance in 2012, I am delighted to be publishing … More
The possibility of shatter
I think I am done. I think. I think, therefore I am done? I think I am. No doubt there … More
The Wacky Races
When Riddance came out in 2012 people said some very nice and kind things about it. But that is not … More
Proof(s)
I have been doing the proofs to my new books. And I am scared. Scared that I have got it … More
The Year of Living Deeply 21: Some James Schuyler resources
My James Schuyler obsession continues. (So is my adoration of blogs about pencils, but that is another story.) Below are … More
The Year of Living Deeply 14: Which artists do you admire most?
I have been reading Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life recently. In it she asks … More
The Year of Living Deeply 16: I have carried it with me each day
I have carried it with me each day, that sense of shame about the fact that I write, that it … More
The Year of Living Deeply 15: You don’t have that kind of time
About a month before my friend Pammy died, she said something that may have permanently changed me. We had … More
In memory of Les Murray
I was saddened to hear of the death of the Australian poet Les Murray yesterday. In the autumn of 1997, … More
Open letter to Alicia Stubbersfield (LentBlog31)
Dear Alicia I can’t believe it is three years since I got to hang out with you at Totleigh … More
Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay) (LentBlog29)
after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind. Write about what you learned at university. … More
Why we need to save the Poetry Business (LentBlog26)
after Mark Halliday Because of the writing days. And because The discovery will not happen on its own, unprompted, … More
