What is it about January? You have to trust that living things are asleep and not dead. The garden is brown and damp. In January…
Poetry
Tag: Mary Evans Picture Library
Oh no! I can see I haven’t posted for several weeks, has there really been nothing to talk about? Let me see… First of all,…
Today feels like a desk-work day even though the sun is shining outside – we did go for a long walk on the Downs yesterday…
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 strange, as…
New book! With the UK poetry magazines submissions windows spreadsheet becoming so popular, I’ve decided to take it step further: a how-to booklet – everything…
Bit of a roundup post. Last Tuesday evening at West Greenwich Library I got to hear some super poems inspired by the Mary Evans Picture…
As usual I’m a bit late to the party on a few things, namely Ocean Vuong, whose Forward-winning collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Cape)…
We’re into our fourth week of dust, clutter and washing up in the bath. The joys of home improvements! We still don’t have a fully working…
January is really my least favourite month – I think it’s the short days and dark evenings that are so depressing. It doesn’t help that…