Wow, I felt a lot of love for RS Thomas after my last blog post. I wonder if we need more spirituality today, generally I…
Poetry
Category: Writing
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…
The poor weather has meant I’ve not been spending time in the garden as I normally would at this time of year. Still too cold…
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…
As I was cleaning my teeth this morning for some reason I remembered a boy called Andrew* at primary school who was always either 1st…
Hurray! Spring is on its way! Well, the days are lengthening at least….It’s been a busy start to the year although I don’t seem to…
I should be preparing for a recording session this afternoon, for a Planet Poetry episode that’s going out on Thursday, but I’m feeling a bit…
On a holiday Just back from a short trip to the Netherlands where the weather was spectacularly mild and dry for late October. I can’t…