Children love having birthdays. I quite enjoyed them myself until I got to about 30, then I went through a period of getting a bit…
Poetry
Children love having birthdays. I quite enjoyed them myself until I got to about 30, then I went through a period of getting a bit…
Here’s a thing. Poetry presses and magazines exist on a shoestring. Sometimes half a shoestring. I’m sure we’d all love to support them by subscribing…
Here’s a pressing question – what sort of filing system do you favour? I love my lever arch files, with their colour-coded dividers and lovingly…
First the good news: I got a note through a week or so ago from Paul McGrane at the Poetry Society saying my poem had…
I’ve been grabbing the odd hour here and there to write while my other half watches the cricket highlights each day. I need to submit…
The Rialto: bedside reading for this week at least. Very proud that I have a poem in it on page 50. The Last They’ve been…
A few weeks ago I was feeling a bit ‘stuck’ and decided to pay for another ‘Poetry Prescription’ from the Poetry Society. I got the…
So excited to have had a poem accepted for The Rialto. The first poem I had published was in this magazine (Rialto 70, Autumn 2010) and…
Last week: issue 48 of The North failed to arrive, and when I asked for my ‘contributor’s copy’ I was told…erm… you’re not a contributor.…