We’ve lost another one. After mourning the loss of Kevin Ireland in 2023, then Vincent O’Sullivan in 2024, the triumvirate has been completed by the death of Brian Turner yesterday. Like Kevin and Vincent, I had had the pleasure of meeting Brian through CPC on a number of occasions. I can remember emceeing a reading …
Poem in progress – a cento for Yogi
Déjà Vu a cento i.m. Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra It gets late early out there. It's déjà vu all over again. We have deep depth. He’s amphibious. If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be. When you come to a fork in the road, (What time is it? You mean now?) take it. Pair up …
And Isabelle Hudson makes three
To prove that deaths are of a jamais deux sans trois persuasion, I’ve just heard of another loss to the Canterbury poetry community – the seemingly indomitable Isabelle Hudson died on Saturday (May 30), at the ripe old age of 94. I didn’t know Isabelle well, but I always enjoyed talking with her. She loved poetry, and …
In memory of John O’Connor
We’ve lost another one. John O’Connor died suddenly last Tuesday (May 12th), aged 66. And there is a terrible irony here – he was Helen Bacand’s first publisher, as well as a longtime friend and mentor. John was a huge part of the Canterbury poetry scene, especially haiku. He was one of the first people in this …
A Dark Feathered Art 