I’m very pleased that Helen Ivory chose my poem ‘I’m looking through a lattice of magnolia’ for Ink, Sweat & Tears recently. It’s from my…
Poetry
I’m very pleased that Helen Ivory chose my poem ‘I’m looking through a lattice of magnolia’ for Ink, Sweat & Tears recently. It’s from my…
I’ve just finished trawling through hundreds of poetry magazine websites. It’s my quarterly mission: to update the spreadsheet that I send out to a few…
When you login to your blog and see there are 16 updates required it can only mean one thing – it’s been a bit neglected!…
This is not my favourite time of year I confess, although I love all the early signs of Spring – the first sunny days, the…
I like the word shenanigans, don’t you? Although as I just check its meaning I see it can mean underhand goings-on. I don’t have anything…
I recently came across this blog post by Naush Sabah about why we send our poems to magazines (or not). I’m in agreement with her…
News round-up time… written in haste, before the Wimbledon Men’s final… The Pod Peter Kenny and I have just wrapped up the last episode of…
It’s been a busy few weeks. Today started very well by my getting the Wordle in one – third time this year! If you don’t…
Not much new to report on the poetry writing front, except for a dozen or so poems in submission (“in submission”? Should it be “under…
Just grabbing a few minutes on Easter Saturday to write this. There’s only so much gardening you can do before needing a break. So, now…