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Laskey
Some writers influence you through the pull of their imagination on your work, opening up new worlds as you read them. Aged thirteen, discovering Ted Hughes was like this for me. Other writers come in...
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Lifesaving Poems: Ted Kooser’s ‘A Rainy Morning’
A Rainy Morning A young woman in a wheelchair, wearing a black nylon poncho spattered with rain, is pushing herself through the morning. You have seen how pianists sometimes bend forward to strike...
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Lifesaving Poems: WN Herbert’s ‘The Black Wet’
Continuing in this mini-series of poems I shared in my reading at the Greenbelt festival last weekend, here is The Black Wet, by WN Herbert. I began my Lifesaving Poems set with it because at that...
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#NaBloPoMo 15 – from the archives: On finding Adélia Prado
She started as a name. There I was, following my nose, minding my own business, trying to ignore all instincts and recommendations that were not stemming from somewhere below my waistline, when I...
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#NaBloPoMo 16 – To autumn
What I love about autumn is the night arriving early. What I hate about autumn is the day leaving even earlier. What I love about autumn is eventually they run out of Grand Prix. What I hate about...
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Naomi Jaffa’s ‘Some of the Usual’ (LentBlog28)
Today is Saturday, and as with other Saturdays this Lent I am reposting a favourite blog post from my archive. This poem is by Naomi Jaffa. I must have read it for the first time more than fifteen...
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Aldeburgh Poetry Festival blog posts page
In 2014 I was invited by the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival to be their guest blogger. I have added the blog posts I wrote there and added them to my Archive page. Bar a couple of formatting issues I have...
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