This week was the last week of term – and it’s been a bit strange. I can often be found counting down till the end of term – especially the Christmas term – I sometimes feel like I’m hanging on…
Sunday Poem – Katha Pollitt
In the precarious balance of music and poetry, music has won this week – every day apart from Thursday has been filled with playing carols in various places. On Monday I took some of the band to Asda to play…
Sunday Poem – Isabel Bermudez
If feels as if time is accelerating since the start of December – maybe it is because December gets very busy for music teachers and the pressure is now on to get Jingle Bells sounding like Jingle Bells before Christmas…
Sunday Poem – Robert Wrigley
Evening all. I have just had a little dance of glee whilst writing the title of this post – even though I was too cowardly to go and speak to Robert Wrigley at Aldeburgh Poetry Festival a couple of weekends…
Sunday Poem – Noel Williams
Evening folks. It has been a strange, and lovely week. I have been kind of overwhelmed by the reaction to my previous post – people have got in touch, both by commenting on the blog – by sending me emails…
The Day After the Michael Marks Award
So it is the day after the night before – and I’m back in Barrow again after my fifth trip away in just over a month. Yesterday was the Michael Marks Awards – I bought a dress- which as my…
Sunday Poem – Martin Domleo
Good morning everyone! I am back in Barrow again after more swanning about London. I got back from Aldeburgh for a couple of days (Monday to Wednesday) and then I was off to London again on Thursday to read at…
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival
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…
Timetables, Readings and Traffic
Not a very exciting title I know – but it does sum up my week rather nicely. I have been on half term this week – but last weekend I drove back from Torbay Poetry Festival to my parents in…
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…