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 […]
Readings, talks, good poetry stuff on the horizon
Last Thursday I was at Roehampton University where I’d been invited by Principal Lecturer Louise Tondeur to talk to her Creative Writing students […]
Today’s poetry world – where do we all fit in?
This is a guest post by Ann Perrin. Ann and I both attend a fortnightly poetry course in which we are introduced to poets, […]
Quick update – submissions, good news, real life stuff
The big news this week is that we finally completed our purchase of the new flat, and we’re now wondering what we can […]
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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Roundup: five popular posts from the last year
One of the fascinating things about blog stats is seeing which posts take off over time and just seem to keep attracting visits. […]
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 […]
Ronnie-O Oh Oh!
If you’ve been at a reading I’ve given you may have heard the snooker poem… it’s a bit of fun, my homage to […]
Post-TS Eliot Prize post, and a tale of two gaffes
The first two and a half weeks of January have been a bit of a poetry whirl (in the sense of lots of […]