Both sides now
A smooth drive to London yesterday for Anne-Marie Fyfe’s newest workshop, on the theme of clouds. As in ‘I wandered lonely as…’, or […]
Category: Inspiration
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour
Getting to and from London from the south coast is ten times harder than it used to be these days, as the rail company […]
Seven Questions for Poets #7 – Louise Ordish
A name you’ll have come across often in the poetry magazines is Louise Ordish. She is a talented poet who has had a […]
Seven Questions for Poets #6 – Claire Dyer
Claire Dyer is a fine poet and novelist who I first met at a launch reading for The Interpreter’s House. She seems to be […]
At the South Downs Poetry Festival
When Tim Dawes came to Lewes just a few months ago to talk about his plans for a South Downs Poetry Festival, I […]
Thank you, Dr Upadhayay
I was one of those lucky people who enjoyed school, and whose English teachers (and I will name them, by way of a […]
Lynne Hjelmgaard book launch
[…] Outside each propelling constellation but inside that feeling of boat. It demands and bruises, cuts pride, hardens stomachs. […] (‘That Feeling of […]
Music and words, what alchemy
I am singing for a funeral next week, in a quartet – and although these are sad occasions, it is wonderful to be […]
Tips for open mic poetry…
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The Reading List, winding up
First: general ‘how I’m feeling’ stuff, feel free to skip down if you’re short of time Apologies for the silence these last few days. The usual […]