Last night I did some more work on the booklet ‘edge of water’. Then I sat around for half an hour, listening to the ‘panthalassa’ remix album, whilst reading poetry. I browsed through ‘The Book of Demons & Pearl’ by Barry MacSweeney. This is powerful, ranting poetry with vivid use of imagery. One to spend … Read more
Just for a change today, I thought I would post a poem I wrote last week. It is part of the sequence that I am working on at the moment called ‘the alice conversations’. Comments welcomed. Light Sparkle and Thread of Colours Alice is standing – waiting – wondering – without pause Now she looks … Read more
News today from the British Poets discussion list (info can be found here). This list has been managed by Trevor Joyce and Cris Creek for a while now – they did a great job. And they are both excellent poets too! As of today the management of the list has moved to Mairead Byrne and … Read more
I heard yesterday that I have been asked to do a poetry reading at my local poetry group next week. ‘First Thursday’ meet on the first Thursday of each month (there’s a surprise!) in my home town of Heswall in the North West of England. I will read a few poems from the ‘Zen Words’ … Read more
I’m one of those people who looks optimistically forward to the arrival of the post each morning – enthusiastic about what it might bring. This morning I was rewarded with a late draft of a poetry booklet which Pete Presford is producing. It is called “The Fountain / La Fontana” and has an Italian theme … Read more
I read at least ten weblogs regularly, by a wide range of people who are musicians, poets and psychologists. Something is happening in the world at the moment. It seems I am not the only person to lose the plot over the last week or so – virtually all of the weblogs I visit have … Read more
It’s an eternal problem – work is a state of mind. And sometimes you just can’t find that state of mind. Sometimes you can blame those around you, and be convinced that there is a conspiracy going on to stop you getting to the things that need to be done. But, sometimes the great distraction … Read more
When you just know that the stopping will result in complete body shut-down. The book I am writing on coping with change within organisations, will have a chapter about energy cycles in it. On the cycle which I have mapped for myself, I am in the ‘Recovery’ mode – exhausted, minimising energy use, and trying … Read more
I’m writing this whilst wobbling about on one of the not so new Virgin West Coast trains from London to the North West of England. The last couple of days I have travelled a thousand miles, half by train and half by car. As a result the creative expression is a bit low and lacking. … Read more
23:16 already. Hectic day behind me. The work on booklets, publicity material etc continues at a frantic pace. Work also goes by at a lightning streak. And all through all, I am left wondering whether the more one knows the less one knows – if you know what I mean. If only I could write … Read more