On encouraging children’s interest in writing poetry
I recently had a text from one of my stepdaughters who was passing on a question from her five-year-old: “Nana, how are poems […]
On over-exposure and other poetry ups and downs
It’s been a busy few weeks. To tell the truth, I’m feeling a little over-exposed. You know how annoying it is: Poet X […]
On poetry magazines: Stand, Agenda, The Dark Horse
This is the second in my mini-series on UK & Irish poetry magazines. The three featured today are all long-standing publications. Stand started […]
On giving a poetry reading via Zoom
I’m very pleased to be taking part in an online reading this coming Friday 19th February at 1pm. Live Canon, the lovely publisher […]
On poetry magazines: Butcher’s Dog, Prole, Frogmore Papers
This is the first of a mini-series about print poetry magazines. Although I do my quarterly spreadsheet, there’s no room for any description […]
Purgatory and the wonders (and pains) of technology
After the excitement of having my site invaded last week, and the subsequent tsunami of ‘new posts’ about ‘how to make a salad’ […]
Apologies
I do apologise for the spammy ‘post notifications’ that just went out. It seems my blog was targeted by something nasty. I hope […]
On Literary Envy – revisiting an old blog post
I was reminded recently why I left Facebook some years ago. Things were getting too toxic for my liking, and I was a […]
Readings this coming week, Planet Poetry & Uni stuff
Today feels like a desk-work day even though the sun is shining outside – we did go for a long walk on the […]
What I’ve been doing (and While you were Sleeping)
It’s three and a half weeks until my first term essay is due, and I’m starting to relax into it. Which may sound […]