May to December

The year is almost up. I can't believe it is seven months since my last post. Regular posts don't come easy. My resolution for 2016 is to write once a month and to focus more on the books I'm reading, rather than trying to keep a diary. There is an incredible diversity of poetry blogs out there and I'm... Continue Reading →

A first pamphlet to be published in May

It's been an eventful couple of months, not least because a fortnight ago I found out that I’d won the Poetry Business pamphlet competition judged by Billy Collins, who said of my poems: ‘Funny and quite serious at the same time, these poems cast a fresh, ironic eye on contemporary life and find a wild... Continue Reading →

Round-up (overdue)

Almost 3 months since my last post. Again, I'm pretty useless at posting regularly but the end of the year gives me a chance - and a push - to post once more in 2014. So this a quick review of what I've been up to, as much for myself as anybody. In October I... Continue Reading →

Swimming Lessons Etc

Well, it's almost 2 months since my last post. Apart from a serious eye injury a week ago when a plastic cork exploded in my left eye, while celebrating moving into my new flat, meaning I have spent a considerable amount of time in the French national eye hospital behind Bastille opera house - I... Continue Reading →

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