Here is one of the poems which I wrote back in March. I’m about to start writing again. This one stirred me to the page again, and it brought to mind the golden eagles I wrote about in the last post to the blog. The birds in this poem were flying in a massive flock … Read more
One day on this holiday we went on a trip through the mountains in Corsica. It is an island of great beauty, and real contrasts. I stopped the car to take some photos of the mountains – one range looked like something out of ‘Lord of the Rings’ – and as I was taking the … Read more
I have tried all sorts of relaxation approaches – meditation, reiki, tai chi, qi gong. But I have never tried yoga. Well, I am on holiday at the moment. We are in the middle of an activity week. We are learning to sail – something I am not finding easy. Capsizing seems to be the … Read more
I have written hardly any poetry in such a long time now – March was the last time I put anything together which might be called a poem. I’m inspired by the daily posts on Greg Perry’s blog at the moment. He is writing a canto series. Each day sees at least one new poem, … Read more
Step One of the ‘Big Reads’ challenge. I have borrowed ‘Swann’s Way’ from my local library. The first part of ‘In Search of Lost Time’.
I’ve not been listening to podcasts for a little while. It’s something I have just returned to – thanks to a little gadget which makes it possible for me to listen to them in the car through my iriver mp3 player. Before I got this gadget the only way to listen to podcasts was by … Read more
The cowboys have gone out of business or Pretend to be self-made commercial heroes,The fantasy of TV is a bore,His town and home barely exist in prose. Scribbles underfoot were rare, too discreteThey left him to his own devices.He looked for lovers, quiet town, no-one to meet.Only sources of pleasure were vices. Salt water on … Read more
I wrote about the second album by Liverpool band ‘The Open’ recently. They have produced two beautiful albums, and I was settling in to wait for great albums to come, but that has fallen away now. Why? Because I have just read in the official forum that they have decided to split. That’s such a … Read more
After nearly two years, I have decided that it is time to begin work on the second series of books from my poetry press. BlueWater Books was launched in 2004 with two books of poems – ‘Zen Words’ and ‘Umbrian Images’. The second series will be available in the early autumn. More news of the … Read more