Here is a poem that was first published in Poetry London in Issue 71, Spring 2012. It’s a fab magazine – so if you are looking for one to subscribe to, you can’t go wrong with this one! You can…
Sunday Poem – Joshua Weiner
Evening folks! It’s almost the end of the half term week – it’s my day off tomorrow so I’m not back at work quite yet. I’ve had quite a lazy week off – I’ve been doing lots of reading. I’ve…
The nice things people say
Afternoon everybody. Today I got an email to say I hadn’t won a Northern Writers Award – which is a bit of a bummer. However two lovely things have been written about me this week online – the first is…
Poetry and a paypal party
It is eleven a.m now so I’m not going to say good morning in case it’s not morning by the time I finish. I’m currently on half term which equals sitting in my onesie for most of the day reading…
Sunday Poem – Kathryn Maris
I have a feeling that this may be a bit of a long blog post – this week has been full of lovely happenings. On Monday I got the train to London and read at the Troubadour. If I lived…
The Path to a First Collection – Hilda Sheehan on her way to Cultured Llama Press
Evening folks. Here is another take on the path to a first collection – this time by Hilda Sheehan whose first collection was published a couple of months ago by Cultured Llama Press. It’s a very different take on it…
Sunday Poem – Michael Crowley
Afternoon everybody! This week I’ve been to Grasmere three times – once to talk about a new project which I’ll be working on which sounds really exciting – I’m going to be running some poetry workshops with 16-19 year olds…
Sunday Poem – Mimi Khalvati
Afternoon everyone. The Sunday Poem is going up a little earlier than usual today for a number of reasons. The hubby and I already walked the dogs this morning through some fields near Dalton before the rain really started –…
Sunday Poem – James Caruth
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…