Summer, busy, change, decisions…
Oof! It’s a unusually busy summer this year. Family visits, a big trip away, stuff on my to-do list such as a book […]
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On National Poetry Day: getting autumnal, Medieval women, currently reading
An blog update for National Poetry Day! To celebrate, not only have I just recorded an interview with the immensely talented Tishani Doshi […]
A finale, a winning poem and some forthcoming readings
A few hot days of summer are here, yay! We had a dip in the sea this morning at a secret location, keeping […]
Subs, poddie, choirs & a greenhouse
When you login to your blog and see there are 16 updates required it can only mean one thing – it’s been a […]
National Poetry Day (week of)
So Thursday is National Poetry Day, which I shall be celebrating with my Hastings Stanza group, doing what poets do… agonising over line-breaks, […]
Season of mists and new starts
Autumn creeping up, and with it, as always, changes. I’m upset about the Queen’s death, more perhaps than I thought I would be. […]
Oh hello! Quick catch up
What was I doing all last month? Mostly singing (I passed my Grade 8 with merit – hurrah!), the odd party (friends with […]
So this is Christmas, and what have I done?
Oh no! I can see I haven’t posted for several weeks, has there really been nothing to talk about? Let me see… First […]
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 […]
A birthday post and on magazines
Ooh. Lots of interesting discussion & comment around my last post. Thank you to everyone who engaged! (Feels a bit of a sham/shame […]