I’ve had a few poems published in various places in recent months, several of which are available to read online. And one of them has been translated into gold, diamonds and rubies! Ambit ‘Chrysalis’ was Commended in the 2021 Ambit Poetry Competition, judged by Kim Addonizio. The poem was published in Ambit 245. Here is […]
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Sponsored Poetry Reading for Ukraine this Sunday 27th March
This Sunday I will be one of the poets taking part in a sponsored poem-a-thon organised by Poets for Ukraine, a swiftly-assembled group of poets who have come together to raise funds to help refugees from the war in Ukraine. The reading is a partnership between Poets for Ukraine and the UK Society of Authors, […]
Elegy for Moss – a Concrete Poetry Collaboration with Sheena Devitt
Earlier this year I told you I was working on two poetry projects behind the scenes – the first was my podcast, A Mouthful of Air, which launched in the summer. The second is a concrete poetry collaboration with stone sculptor and letter carver Sheena Devitt. What is concrete poetry? In concrete poetry the visual […]
My new poetry podcast: A Mouthful of Air
Remember I told you I had a couple of new poetry projects in the pipeline? The first one is now live. It’s a poetry podcast called A Mouthful of Air, that aims to reconnect poetry with its roots as an oral art – and reconnect poets with listeners. Here’s the introduction from the website, AMouthfulofAir.fm: […]
New poems in Anthropocene, Brittle Star and Stand
I hope you have been keeping well and finding time for poetry in the midst of the upheavals of the past year. I’ve had a few poems published in magazines recently. You can read one of them online in (or should it be ‘at’?) Anthropocene. It’s called ‘Thirteen Birds’ and features different types of bird […]