Evening folks. I’ve had quite a nice weekend – I’ve been in Sheffield at the Lyric Festival. On Friday I was reading as part of a Poetry Business event with Ed Reiss, Mimi Khalvati and Michael Laskey. It was a…
Sunday Poem – Polly Atkin
Afternoon everybody! I’m writing this post as fast as possible, as I’m leaving to go to poet Antony Christie’s house for his 70th birthday get together. I’m counting on Antony not reading this blog before we all get there, as…
Dentists, Doctors and Poetry of course
Evening folks. This week I have had one dentist appointment, one doctor’s appointment and have been to one poetry reading. My dentist appointment was on Monday, which meant I spent the morning worrying about the appointment and then the afternoon…
Sunday Poem – Heidi Williamson
This week has been filled with work and lots of poetry. On Wednesday I was the guest poet at Zeffirellis in Ambleside. This was organised by Andrew Forster of the Wordsworth Trust. There was a really good turn out, lots…
Sunday Poem – Miceal Kearney
So it’s now the end of the Easter holidays. Tomorrow school starts again – although I don’t because it’s my day off! It is however, the first rehearsal for Barrow Shipyard Junior Band in the evening, so it’s not a…
Reading poetry, pyjamas, April Poets and collection thoughts
Good morning everybody! Arrgh, it’s already the last day of the Easter holidays! The weekend doesn’t count you see, that’s the weekend. This is the last day that I can sit and think, what SHOULD I be doing today –…
Claire Dyer’s Launch of her Debut Collection ‘Eleven Rooms’
Claire Dyer A5 poster Look! It’s the lovely Claire Dyer’s launch tomorrow of her debut collection ‘Eleven Rooms’ published by Two Rivers Press. Apparently they are packing them in at the launch at Waterstones in Reading – so I would…
The Path to A First Collection – Roy Marshall on his way to Shoestring
Morning folks Today is a strange day – the day after Margaret Thatcher died. I was born in 1981, so I was too young really to know anything about politics in the 80’s. My parents didn’t like Thatcher – my…
Sunday Poem – John Foggin
Today is the end of the first week of the easter holidays for me. It is also the end of the first week of National Poetry Month. For the first time this year I am taking part in a group…
Sunday Poem – George Szirtes
Evening folks! It’s the holidays!!! Yippeee! Yes it is slightly unseemly to rejoice so at two weeks off from the teaching that you all know I love – but still…yippee again I say. So last week was a mixture of…