On performing ekphrastic poems, Poetry Book Fair etc
I’m not sure I’ve ever really celebrated World Poetry Day, which was apparently adopted by UNESCO in 1999 with the aim of “supporting […]
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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, […]
Orford Ness
Some years ago now I visited Orford Ness Nature Reserve, a strange and mysterious place on the coast of Suffolk. Strange in the […]
Getting all Elizabethan, new writing and emerging from the gloom
I’m not sure what it’s taken but I’ve started writing again. Not a great outpouring, but something. Maybe it’s been the eclectic reading […]
National Poetry Competition awards night
This is where I open with a statement about the star-studded atmosphere of the Savile Club ballroom last night, where the UK’s biggest poetry single-poem […]
News round-up: the good, the bad & the ugly
Facebook blackout – the verdict It’s now been two months since I stopped checking in with Facebook and I’m enjoying the freedom it’s […]
Quick update on things
It’s been a tricky month so far for finding the time and inclination to blog, so I thought I’d write a quick update. I […]
Tips for open mic poetry…
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Stanza Reps & Reading at Keats House
Last Wednesday I spent a good part of the day at Keats House in London – in the afternoon meeting with around 35 or […]
Submissions, readings, blogging books
I’ve been busy with work stuff lately so just a quick update. I had another rejection from The Poetry Review (but a nice note […]