I hope you haven’t missed me too much in this three week break (how did three weeks just fly by?). I’ve been hibernating from blogging, and getting through my last ‘busy period’. In the intervening three weeks, I’ve spent a…
Kendal Poetry Festival
I’ve been a bit quiet on here recently – but just wanted to draw your attention to one of the things I’ve been getting on with while I’ve been away. Last year, Pauline Yarwood and I decided to set up…
Sunday Poem – Julia Webb
I’m experimenting at the minute with fortnightly Sunday Poems, and I think it’s working! It has taken a bit of pressure off and I’m even thinking of ideas for a different type of blog post, maybe something to do with…
Sunday Poem – Geraldine Clarkson
Maybe you haven’t noticed, or maybe you have, that there has been a two week break in the blog posts again. I always feel guilty when I don’t blog, and I get a lot of lovely comments and feedback from…
Residential Poetry Course in the Lake District 10th-14th April
Breaking news! En-suite rooms now available at the next residential that I’m running in Grange Over Sands April 10th-14th with co-tutor Jennifer Copley. En-suite rooms are available for £448. I know there were a couple of people who were put…
Sunday Poem – Ruby Robinson
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged – I’ve missed two Sundays in fact, due to being away from home and with limited internet, and even worse, no computer. I couldn’t face trying to write a blog post on a…
Sunday Poem – David Wilson
I have been in hibernation mode this week. After my marathon day of outdoor activity last week, I started to feel a little bit unwell on Sunday night. I put it down to too much activity, but by Monday I…
Sunday Poem –
Another Sunday rolls round again – and I spent most of this one outdoors. This morning I went for a 12 mile run with some friends. I know for some people the idea of running 12 miles would be a…
Sunday Poem – Matt Bryden
This has been a strange week – each day I’ve woken up to stories about more of Trump’s executive orders, and this morning, before I went out for my run, I watched videos of the protests at American airports against…
Sunday Poem – Mark Pajak
This has been my best week since the gall bladder saga – I’ve managed to run 45 kilometres this week. My target for the next two weeks at least is to try and get 45 kilometres in each week. I…