I’m now at the point where shame has tipped me past grief, and I’ve actually started the tangible work of putting together Helen’s final collection. I know, I’ve “started work” on this many many times in the months since she died. But it’s incredible how physically as well as mentally difficult it is to get myself …
Publication opportunity for ekphrastic poems
A quick shout-out to those of you with ekphrastic poems looking for a home – Cordite Poetry Review has an issue with just that theme coming up, with a deadline of November 1st. (An ekphrastic poem is a poem based on, or triggered by, a piece of visual art. But you knew that, right?) Given …
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You know those poems with amazing titles
that suggest anything could be about to happen, anything might lie hidden behind the words about to leap forth – the soldiers of syntax marshalled on parade, the magicians of imagination warming up their wands – but which, like the contents of a Fabergé egg or a politician’s promise or Don Juan’s trousers add the …
Dispatches from the latest poetry class
Having loads of fun with this latest class. We’ve got a really good group, with roughly half of them being people I’ve not taught before. Which can be quite nerve-wracking to begin with – you’re never quite sure what will and what won’t work, whether there will be personality clashes, or whether the differences in …
Invitation to a book launch – Leaving the Red Zone
Dear Poetry-lovers, James Norcliffe, Joanna Preston and the good people of Clerestory Press would like to invite you to A Very Important Party: When: 7 pm to 8.30 pm, Monday 29th February 2016 Where: The Laboratory, 17 West Belt, Lincoln (next door to the Library) Why: to celebrate the official launch of Leaving the Red Zone – …
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A Dark Feathered Art 