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Yesterday I drove to Chorlton Library to read for Manky Poets.  I met the organiser copland smith in the Spread Eagle pub before hand.  On the way, I stopped off for a sandwich and a cup of tea.  I didn’t…

Last night I was the MC for ‘A Poem and A Pint’.  The guest poet was my lovely friend David Tait, who did an absolute blinder of a reading.  I particularly enjoyed hearing his new poems in the second half…

Today’s Sunday poem is by Martin Kratz, who I met on the MA at Manchester Met.  He also came on a week’s retreat that I organised at Cove Park, and it was there that he introduced me to ‘Skeleton Man’…

This week I have been to three poetry events.  Tuesday night was a reading at the Wordsworth Trust with Mike Barlow and Mimi Khalvati.  Mike was his usual fabulous self and Mimi’s reading was exceptional.  Mimi was warm and generous with…

In a completely self obsessed way, I haven’t managed to get a Sunday poem from anyone this week.  My week has been taken over by the imminent arrival of my pamphlet, which started to take on the quality of a…

The Sunday poem for this week is ‘End Credits’ by David Tait.  David Tait was one of the winners of the Poetry Business Pamphlet competition last year, judged by Simon Armitage.  Simon Armitage said of his poems: ‘Careful and concise…

Two days ago, the PBS choice arrived – always a time of excitement in my house.  I love getting books in the post.  This quarter’s choice is Paul Farley’s ‘The Dark Film’.  He’s not a poet that I’ve read very…

For once, I’m going to be in good time for this week’s Sunday poem!  Let me introduce Suzannah Evans, who was one of the other winners of the Poetry Business pamphlet competition this year (www.poetrybusiness.co.uk ) She will also be…

I’ve just sent back the proofs for my pamphlet to Peter Sansom.  Peter sent them to me last week, and I got back to him with some slight amendments, so this is the second time that I’ve looked through them. …