Three poems from books in my TBR pile

Covers of 'Dear Rwanda' by Isabella Mead, 'Remembering my Father' by Jill Abram, and 'Beyond the Gate' by Clare Best

I haven’t kept up with the Sealey Challenge but it has prompted me to read more poems from my TO BE READ pile, including this one, ‘Late fig’ by Clare Best from her collection, Beyond the Gate (Worple Press, 2023). It’s a concrete poem but there’s no concrete here, it’s all fig, a mid-winter gift… Continue reading Three poems from books in my TBR pile

My End of Year Books

A picture of two books

(Books I find myself reading at the end of the year). My favourite books of the year are, of course, books published by my friends in 2022 and I’m not going to list those here since lists of that kind are already liberally dotted throughout social media. Instead, this post is about two books I… Continue reading My End of Year Books

Christmas Pamphlets from Candlestick Press

Our poetry group in Trowbridge has been getting together for just over a year now and I'm really happy to meet up regularly with such a  lovely bunch of people!  We meet on the first Saturday of each month (2-4pm) in Trowbridge at Drawing Projects UK, right by Trowbridge train station, to read and discuss… Continue reading Christmas Pamphlets from Candlestick Press