I recently had a text from one of my stepdaughters who was passing on a question from her five-year-old: “Nana, how are poems made?” Hmm!…
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I recently had a text from one of my stepdaughters who was passing on a question from her five-year-old: “Nana, how are poems made?” Hmm!…
What a week. That election (can’t bring myself to watch). Another lockdown starts. Planet Poetry Episode 2 coming up. And I’ve just turned 60. Planet…
And so it goes on Life has settled into a gentle daily routine, namely breakfast (in the garden most days until this cold snap), desk…
Day Four of No-booze-vember and I’m thinking of making an advent calendar to count down the days to when I’m allowed a glass of wine.…
Those Darn Comps Love ’em or loath ’em, but some of us just can’t stop ourselves entering. “Is there a competition season?” someone once asked…
August. Already. Do you remember how summer holidays seemed in childhood – a long holiday starting late July (for those of us in state schools)…
After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, which means…
Well hello! I am feeling epic. Not because I’ve suddenly won some dough or got a call from Faber. No! Health update (feel free to…
I bet you were dead excited for me there for a second or two, weren’t you? No? Oh well…it’s that time of year again, when…
The Swindon Poetry Festival over, I’m now catching up with stuff, looking at my book purchases (actually there are a couple of books I still…