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Anthony Wilson has written about my poem 'You say drone' from my pamphlet The Misplaced House in his Lifesaving Poems feature. I first read You say “drone” on the Poems in Which website, Issue 4 (2013). What struck me then, and still amazes me now, is its controlled fury while retaining its central identity as a made… Continue reading ‘You say drone’ featured at Lifesaving Poems
What a week. My daughter turned 17 on Thursday, 23rd June, so was too young by one year to be eligible to vote in the EU Referendum. Early on Friday morning I found her in tears, reading online news sites and trying to absorb the reality of a Leave vote. If she had been allowed… Continue reading Do not mock the Leavers. Find the Remainers.
I'm very happy to say that Emily Blewitt's prose poem This Is Not a Rescue, first published at And Other Poems (the poetry site I edit), has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry and will be published this autumn in The Forward Book of Poetry 2017. Huge congratulations to Emily whose debut collection will be… Continue reading Emily Blewitt’s poem at And Other Poems Highly Commended in this year’s Forward Prizes
Before I attend Claire Trévien's Poetry Reviewing Workshop later on today, I thought, in best Blue Peter tradition, I'd link to some reviews I wrote earlier. I've posted reviews of two poetry collections on this blog, Riddance by Anthony Wilson and The Night my Sister went to Hollywood by Hilda Sheehan. I have three OPOI reviews at Sphinx… Continue reading Some Poetry Reviews
Two of the poets reading at this year's Winchester Poetry Festival have been shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2016. Choman Hardi has been shortlisted for her collection Considering the Women (Bloodaxe Books) and Ian Duhig has been shortlisted for his collection The Blind Roadmaker (Picador Poetry). Choman Hardi will read at the festival on Saturday 8th… Continue reading Winchester Poetry Festival Poets Feature in Forward Prize Lists
One of the interesting things about writing a blog is that you notice when certain posts are hitting the big time in the stats department. Some posts are forever ignored by readers but, for the last month or so, a post I wrote last July 'What are your writing plans for the summer?' has been… Continue reading Are you making writing plans for the summer?
'Picnic' a tiny poem I wrote for Manchester Review's 2014 micropoem competition (it came second) has received a delicious write-up in Hazel Burke's poetry column at Standard Issue magazine. The best treats come as surprises. Do have a read of Hazel's column and dive into Standard Issue.
Can I sound you out about something? What do you prefer reading, pamphlets or full collections? Do you buy either, both, or none? What about writing? Have you published a pamphlet or a full collection or both? Which came first? Why? Have you published more than one pamphlet? Have you NEVER published a pamphlet? Did… Continue reading Pamphlet or full collection?
When I was on the Aldeburgh Eight Advanced Poetry Seminar at Bruisyard Hall last November with seven other poets, I was encouraged to go for a walk every morning at nine o'clock. When I say 'encouraged' I mean that the eight of us, in pairs, whatever the weather, were turfed out of the house for a thirty… Continue reading Finding a hand-built lathe on my daily walk
The Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is taking place, in events across historic Palestine, May 21 - 26. the power of culture over the culture of power The festival's mission is explained on its Facebook page as follows: The Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) was established in 2008 with the aim of supporting cultural life in… Continue reading Tweets from PalFest 2016
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