This fifth issue of the Chief Explorer’s Almanac brings news on live projects for 2024, a new Coaching Package and the Pilgrimage bit of the European Tour that we have just completed. Projects ‘alice reimagined’ appeared back in April, just in time for a book launch and poetry reading. This book is the sister book … Read more
In my last update, I shared links to a video of the poetry reading that I gave in April. It went really well, and I was asked to perform again at the beginning of June. This time the event was an all-day festival called Wirral MakeFest. The theme of the event was sustainability. Long story … Read more
In the last few blog posts and newsletters I mentioned a Poetry Reading at Start-Yard in Birkenhead. The Poetry Reading took place last week. I had set myself some basic goals or aspirations for this event. I’ve learnt over the years that setting really ambitious goals is unhelpful. It sets me up to be disappointed. … Read more
It’s just one week now until the poetry reading at Start-Yard in Birkenhead. This beautiful venue is located in an old shed / warehouse which used to be a part of Cammell Laird Shipyard. It’s an evocative place to host an evening of Poetry and Singer / Songwriter. At the first of these events back … Read more
The poetry collection ‘alice reimagined‘ is now complete and due to be published next week. I was looking for a good date for publication and thought my birthday was as good as any, so it will be released on Wednesday 27th March. You can order it then from either Amazon or direct from this site. … Read more
Many of you will be aware that I am a poet as well as a coach. My non-fiction writing is very much informed by my work as a poet. If you have read my last book “The Inner Fire” you will have ‘met’ a character in there called alice. And yes, it’s alice with a … Read more
[March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021] Lawrence Ferlinghetti died on Monday 22nd February 2021 at his home in San Francisco. He was 101 years old… Dear Lawrence I heard of your passing yesterday morning at the age of 101 in San Francisco, your home for many years. And I had to put words to … Read more
To take hold and pick the moment,To wait as though it was the first moment before an exam,To hold the breath and never let it go. Even in those moments of panic, when the smog clearsAnd we see this pandemic for what it is, a reset,A discharge of all the poison from the world. It’s … Read more
Drink I Ah, the toast we share when we clink our glasses, happy that we have achieved something of which we are proud. We want to share that with those around us, so we raise our glasses and drink to the success. That’s what it’s like each time I fill a glass with a good … Read more
A series of blog posts derived from randomly chosen words as titles. Blue is my favourite colour. Maybe it’s because I have blue eyes, perhaps it’s because I am a supported of Leicester City football club and they play in blue and white. For whatever reason, one day back in 1984 I began to write … Read more