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 – 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…
Sunday Poem – Penelope Shuttle
Today I’ve been finishing off the final touches for the workshops that I’ll be running on the residential at Abbot Hall, starting tomorrow! There are now 14 people booked on – I hope they are all as excited as I’ve…
A Poem And A Pint with Tony Curtis
Evening folks Anybody who is within striking distance of Ulverston should really head over this Saturday to see the wonderful Tony Curtis performing at A Poem and A Pint, this Saturday 9th February, starting at 7.30pm at the Coronation Hall…
Sunday Poem – Melissa Lee-Houghton
Hello everyone – This will be my last update before Christmas Day – tomorrow we are off down to Leicester to my parents for Christmas. I don’t know what the drive is going to be like, as looking at the…
Sunday Poem – Elizabeth Venn
Getting the Sunday poem in close to the wire today! I have no excuse really other than that I’ve been reading all the books that I bought at yesterday’s Litfest in Lancaster. The outstanding readers for me were William Letford,…
Fermoy Continued – Tsead Bruinja Poem
I know it’s not Sunday, but I couldn’t resist putting up an extra poem by one of the poets that I met last week at the Fermoy International Poetry Festival. Tsead Bruinja is a Dutch poet who writes both in…
