Right now my reading material consists mainly of kitchen brochures, legal house-moving gumph and internet research on macerator toilets and whether you need planning […]
Something of an experiment today. I love seeing those handwritten drafts of famous poems, with the crossings out and alterations, such as this […]
I was just reading this post on Rebecca Gethin’s blog and from there followed a link to Hannah Silva’s blog, which led me […]
What do you think about setting poetry to music? (As opposed to writing song lyrics, I suppose). Personally I rather baulk at […]
It was a long time coming (4 months) but Under the Radar finally emailed me a standard ‘not this time’ (or possibly ever?) […]
Saturday was our penultimate workshop with Mimi Khalvati before the summer-autumn break. (By the way I realise the title of this post could […]
The sun was shining, it was a great day for a drive and even the M25 was a breeze. So my trip yesterday […]
So what do we think of sestinas? A fun exercise? A thankless exercise? A beautiful form best used sparingly? Hackneyed tell-tale sign of […]