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I enjoyed hearing Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's poem 'Ark' on BBC Radio 4 this week. The poem was written to commemorate the launch of the UK's new polar research ship, the 'Sir David Attenborough'. Here is a clip of Simon Armitage reading the poem: https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/status/1177172927478976513 and here is a link to the poem on… Continue reading Poetry responding to Climate Change: Simon Armitage
Like Julie Mellor and many others in the Poetry Blogging Network, I try to put something up on this blog each week. Like Julie, I don't always manage it but, also like Julie, I thought I'd try again this week. I don't always have something to say so I wonder if it's worth blogging. At… Continue reading Notes from a Cluttered Desk
I'm just back from a few days in Spain with my family. I felt bad about flying, even though I haven't flown since I went to Portugal in 2015. I will try not to fly again for at least a year, maybe longer. I haven't signed up for the #flightfree2020 pledge but I am thinking… Continue reading Mid-September Notes
Most of you know that I founded and edited a poetry site called And Other Poems for six years and retired the site at the end of 2018. One of my final jobs as editor was to nominate three poems for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and I'm pleased to say that Sarah… Continue reading Sarah Hymas’ poem at And Other Poems in this year’s Forward Prizes
I wasn't going to blog today but started playing around with words and images after spending some time in the garden. lavender has lost its purple like it's been through a hot wash left out in the rain leaves rust roses have dropped pink litter on burnt grass fat pigeon… Continue reading September
Josephine Corcoran 
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