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  • Two poems from ‘Love and Stones’ at New Writing (UEA)

    Two poems from ‘Love and Stones’ at New Writing (UEA)

    I have two poems from my new chapbook Love and Stones on New Writing, an online project showcasing new writing from alumni, staff and students from the University of East Anglia (where I completed my MA in Creative Writing in 1997). I’d recommend that you read the poems on a laptop or similar, if possible,…… Read more

  • My new chapbook ‘Love and Stones’ is available to pre-order

    My new chapbook ‘Love and Stones’ is available to pre-order

    My new poetry chapbook Love and Stones is now available to pre-order from the small independent press Live Canon. Poems in this short collection are set where I live, against a Wiltshire backdrop of standing stones and henges, at the time of extreme heatwaves, a global pandemic and the start of the war in Ukraine.…… Read more

  • ‘Love and Stones’ my new chapbook coming soon

    ‘Love and Stones’ my new chapbook coming soon

    Over the first May Bank Holiday weekend, I worked on my new chapbook/pamphlet Love and Stones published later this month by the small press Live Canon. This little book contains poems of love, family, and the climate crisis, set in a Wiltshire landscape of henges and standing stones at a time of heatwaves and the…… Read more

  • April News

    April News

    Some of you might have noticed that I deleted my previous post. Thank you if you read and commented. I deleted it after guidance from respected friends because there was a danger of centring myself in the issues I was discussing in the post, which was never my intention. April for me began with the…… Read more

  • One of my visual poems at Angel House Press

    One of my visual poems at Angel House Press

    One of my visual poems has been posted online by Angel House Press. My thanks to editor Amanda Earl. I wrote something about this poem and my visual work for Amanda’s Substack newsletter which you can read here. Read more

  • Ecopoetry in the classroom and beyond – some resources and ideas

    Ecopoetry in the classroom and beyond – some resources and ideas

    This post is a document of links to resources I’ve used in recent ecopoetry and nature poetry workshops and for my own writing. I’ve found these short films and poems helpful in classrooms, and elsewhere, in developing conversations and creative responses to the climate crisis. Some of the resources I mention were also included in…… Read more