Hello everybody! Just to let you all know that I didn’t fall into the sea in Aldeburgh, but in fact made it safely back to Barrow, if slightly the worse for wear through a slight indulgence of red wine on…
St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere – Collaborative Project
Evening folks. A couple of weeks ago I took part in a project at St Oswald’s Church in Grasmere. A group of 14 Cumbrian/Lancaster poets wrote poems about the church and then the Lakes Collective group created art work inspired…
Sunday Poem – Maitreyabandhu
Evening folks. It looks like I’m back into my old bad habits of posting very late on Sunday night! This week has been so wonderfully full of poetry, I feel like I might burst at the minute. On Tuesday I…
Sunday Poem – Andrew McMillan
Afternoon folks. This is the first Sunday for a while that I’ve not been writing this at two minutes to midnight! Today we have gale force winds and awful rain in Barrow though, so I’ve not even bothered to get…
Sunday Poem – Gene Barry
Evening folks. This is going to be a very short post today – towards the end of last term I lost my pen drive which had all my resources on. I remember vaguely thinking it would turn up over the…
Sunday Poem – Ben Johnson
Evening everybody. Am currently sat tucked up in bed, feeling sorry for myself and my aching legs – today the hubby and I along with two friends and three dogs walked up Skiddaw. The weather forecast said strong winds but…
Sunday Poem – Helen Ivory
Evening everybody. I’ve just got back from my week at Ty Newydd – I stayed at my lovely friend Manon’s house last night. I had a fantastic week – but it is now 11.48pm and I have twelve minutes to…
Sunday Poem – John W Sexton
Evening folks. It’s only been a while since the last post here – but in between the last post and this post I’ve read at a breastfeeding festival and been hiking around Rydal Water. On Saturday I read at Ulverston…
A week of writing…
Evening folks. I am doing a post tonight to save Sunday’s post turning into a huge essay… This week I’ve been working my butt off…and have to tell you all about it! Thank goodness I’m on summer holidays from teaching…
Sunday Poem – Julie Mellor
It’s back! The Sunday Poem I mean. I’m sure there was a bleak hole in your sunday last week when I didn’t post a sunday poem up – for only the second time ever since I started (I think) I…